The Medicine Bottle (1909)

While she attends a party, Mrs. Ross leaves her young daughter to care for her bed-ridden mother. At the party, Mrs. Ross realizes she left the wrong medicine, and desperately tries to contact her daughter before it's too late.

Director:

D.W. Griffith

Writer:

D.W. Griffith

Stars:

Florence Lawrence, Adele DeGarde, Marion Leonard

Cast

Credited cast:
Florence Lawrence	...	Mrs. Ross
Adele DeGarde	...	Mrs. Ross's Daughter
Marion Leonard	...	Mrs. Parker
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Linda Arvidson	...	Telephone Operator / At Party
Clara T. Bracy
Gladys Egan
Anita Hendrie	...	At Party
Min Johnson	...	At Party
Jeanie Macpherson
David Miles	...	At Party
Owen Moore	...	At Party
Barry O'Moore	...	At Party (as Herbert Yost)
Mack Sennett	...	At Party
Dorothy West	...	At Party

Storyline

While she attends a party, Mrs. Ross leaves her young daughter to care for her bed-ridden mother. At the party, Mrs. Ross realizes she left the wrong medicine, and desperately tries to contact her daughter before it's too late.

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Genres:

Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 1909 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Technical Specs

Runtime:

5 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Free of the Past

The 34 year old D.W. Griffith allows his actors to free themselves of their ethnic past (due to the fact that some of them came over from Australia, Germany, Hungary, etc) in order to reinvent themselves as American characters. This short film is a mask.