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Pippa Passes; or, The Song of Conscience
(1909) American
B&W : One reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Gertrude Robinson, George O. Nicholls, James Kirkwood, Mack Sennett

Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / From the poem “Pippa Passes” by Robert Browning. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer, Arthur Marvin and Percy Higginson. / © 4 October 1909 by Biograph Company. Released 4 October 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / An early example of mood lighting opens the film. Biograph’s ‘AB’ logomark is seen in many scenes. The film was rereleased in the USA by Biograph Company on 15 October 1915.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Listing updated: 19 January 2009.

References: Barry-Griffith pp. 17, 41; Bohn-Light pp. 50, 51; Everson-American p. 51; Niver-First p. 148; Sinyard-Silent p. 22; Spehr-American p. 3; Whitfield-Pickford p. 74 : Website-AFI.

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