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May 12 – Mr. Flip is released, the first film to feature someone being hit in the face with a pie. May 23 – The first news cinema , The Daily Bioscope, opens in London. June 17 – In the Sultan's Power , directed by Francis Boggs , is the first film ever completely made in Los Angeles, California .
Title Director Cast Genre Notes A B C's of the U.S.A. Adventures of a Drummer Boy: And a Little Child Shall Lead Them: D. W. Griffith: Marion Leonard, Arthur V. Johnson: At the Altar
The Curtain Pole is a 1909 American comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith.A print of the film still exists. [3] The film was made by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century.
American film actress [62] Leila Danette: 1909–2012: 103: American actress [63] Henry Danton: 1919–2022: 102: British dancer [64] Robert Darène: 1914–2016: 102: French actor, film director and screenwriter [65] Danielle Darrieux: 1917–2017: 100: French actress [66] Jimmie Davis: 1899–2000: 101: American singer and songwriter [67 ...
Oliver Twist is a 1909 American film and the first film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1838 novel Oliver Twist. [1] It starred Edith Storey as Oliver Twist, Elita Proctor Otis as Nancy, and William J. Humphrey as Fagin. [2] It was directed by J. Stuart Blackton.
A Wreath in Time is a 1909 American silent comedy film written and directed by D. W. Griffith, produced by the Biograph Company of New York City, and co-starring Mack Sennett and Florence Lawrence. [2] At its release in February 1909, the short was distributed to theaters on a "split reel", which was a single reel that accommodated more than ...
A Rude Hostess is a 1909 American silent film comedy written and directed by D. W. Griffith, produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in New York City, and co-starring Marion Leonard and Arthur V. Johnson.
Film portal This category is for film events and films originally released in the year 1909 . Individual films appear in the subcategory Category:1909 films .