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Pippa Passes; or, The Song of Conscience (1909) American B&W : One reel Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Mack Sennett
Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / From a poem by Robert Browning. / © 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.
Drama.
Survival Status: Print exists.
Listing updated: 13 March 2008.
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.
Home Video: DVD.
