List of American films of 1909
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This is a list of American
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s released in 1909
1909 in film
The year 1909 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Matsunosuke Onoe, who would become the first superstar of Japanese cinema, appears in his first film, Goban Tadanobu.*James Joyce opens the Volta, the first cinema in Dublin....
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Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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One Touch of Nature | Short, Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women... |
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Cure for Bashfulness | ||||
A Sister's Love: A Tale of the Franco-Prussian War | ||||
A Sister's Love | ||||
The Maniac Cook | ||||
The Haunted Lounge | ||||
The Tenderfoot | ||||
Mrs. Jones Entertains | ||||
The Honor of Thieves | ||||
Love Finds a Way | ||||
The Castaways | ||||
Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight? | ||||
A Rural Elopement | ||||
The Sacrifice | ||||
The Criminal Hypnotist | ||||
Those Boys! | ||||
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis | ||||
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party | ||||
A Colonial Romance | ||||
Those Awful Hats Those Awful Hats Those Awful Hats is a 1909 short comedy film directed by D.W. Griffith. It takes place in a small, crowded movie theatre, where the patrons are perpetually distracted by people - primarily women - wearing large, ostentatious hats that obstruct everyone else's views of the screen... |
D. W. Griffith D. W. Griffith David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance .Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera... |
Mack Sennett Mack Sennett Mack Sennett was a Canadian-born American director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy"... |
Comedy | |
The Welcome Burglar | ||||
The Love of the Pasha's Son: A Turkish Romance | ||||
The Cord of Life | ||||
A B C's of the U.S.A. | ||||
The Girls and Daddy | ||||
The Deacon's Love Letters | ||||
The Brahma Diamond | ||||
Edgar Allan Poe | ||||
A Wreath in Time | ||||
Tragic Love | ||||
Jessie, the Stolen Child | ||||
The Curtain Pole The Curtain Pole The Curtain Pole is a 1909 comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film still exists.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... |
D. W. Griffith D. W. Griffith David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance .Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera... |
Mack Sennett Mack Sennett Mack Sennett was a Canadian-born American director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy"... |
Comedy | |
His Ward's Love | ||||
A Daughter of the Sun | ||||
The Honor of the Slums | ||||
Tag Day | ||||
The Hindoo Dagger | ||||
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals | ||||
C.Q.D.; or, Saved by Wireless; a True Story of the Wreck of the Republic | ||||
The Golden Louis The Golden Louis -Plot:An old woman sends a girl begging in the streets of Paris on a snowy evening. Callous revelers pass her by, and she falls asleep before one donor finally drops a golden louis in her shoe. A gambler with a sure tip on roulette but no cash borrows the coin to win a fortune for the girl... |
D. W. Griffith D. W. Griffith David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance .Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera... |
Drama | ||
The Politician's Love Story | ||||
At the Altar At the Altar At the Altar is a 1909 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century... |
D. W. Griffith D. W. Griffith David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance .Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera... |
Marion Leonard Marion Leonard Marion Leonard was an American stage actress who became one of first motion picture celebrities in the early years of the silent film era. -Early career:... |
Drama | |
The Poor Musician | ||||
His Wife's Mother | ||||
The Prussian Spy | ||||
A Fool's Revenge | ||||
The Mad Miner | ||||
The Old Soldier's Story | ||||
The Wooden Leg | ||||
Adventures of a Drummer Boy | ||||
The Salvation Army Lass | ||||
Kenilworth | ||||
I Did It | ||||
The Lure of the Gown | ||||
The Road Agents | ||||
Boots and Saddles | ||||
The Voice of the Violin | ||||
The Cracker's Bride | ||||
A Brave Irish Lass | ||||
A Friend in the Enemy's Camp | ||||
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them | ||||
The Deception | ||||
Cohen at Coney Island | ||||
Cohen's Dream | ||||
The Energetic Street Cleaner | ||||
Midnight Disturbance | ||||
A Burglar's Mistake | ||||
King Lear | J. Stuart Blackton and William V. Ranous | William V. Ranous | ||
Jones and His New Neighbors | ||||
The Medicine Bottle | ||||
A Drunkard's Reformation A Drunkard's Reformation A Drunkard's Reformation is a 1909 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film survive in the film archive of the Library of Congress.-Cast:* Arthur V. Johnson - John Wharton* Linda Arvidson - Mrs. John Wharton... |
D. W. Griffith D. W. Griffith David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance .Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera... |
Arthur V. Johnson | Drama | |
The Road to the Heart | ||||
Trying to Get Arrested | ||||
The Life of Napoleon | ||||
Napoleon and the Empress Josephine | ||||
A Tale of the West |
External links
- American films of 1909 at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...