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D.W. Griffith (writer)
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25 January 1909 (USA)
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Marion Leonard | ... | Alice Pierce | |
| Harry Solter | ... | Ben Harris | |
| Charles Inslee | ... | Employer / Husband | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Linda Arvidson | ... | The Maid | |
| Edwin August | |||
| Edward Dillon | |||
| George Gebhardt | ... | In Office / Burglar | |
| Robert Harron | ... | Messenger | |
| Anita Hendrie | ... | In Office | |
| Arthur V. Johnson | ... | In Office / In Bar | |
| David Miles | ... | In Office / Bartender | |
| Owen Moore | ... | In Office / In Bar | |
| Mack Sennett | ... | The Butler / In Office / In Bar | |
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13 min (16 fps)
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By moving the camera closer to an object, the 34 year old D.W. Griffith establishes a plot device in the mind of the audience in this film. In spite of the fact that he was working on more than one film at a time, he still managed to develop a cinematic vocabulary.