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The Voice of the Violin
(1909) American
B&W : One reel / 978 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Arthur Johnson [Von Schmitt], Marion Leonard [Helen Walker], David Miles [the radical leader], Anita Hendrie [Helen’s maid], Mack Sennett, John R. Cumpson, Dorothy West

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by Arthur Marvin and G.W. Bitzer. / © 17 March 1909 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H124289]. Released 18 March 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot on 19 and 23 February 1909.

Drama.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House film archive [35mm positive, 35mm preservation negative], and in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Keywords: Anarchists - Musical instruments: Violins

Listing updated: 29 September 2007.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 41; Everson-American p. 48; Sloan-Loud pp. 50, 152; Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-AFI.

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