06 September 1909 Drama, History, War 10 mins
During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy soldiers. He takes refuge with a civilian family, but is soon detected. The family and their neighbors must then make plans to see that the important message gets through after all.
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Owen Moore as Colonial Army Messenger
James Kirkwood as Messenger's Father
Mary Pickford as Messenger's Sister
Mack Sennett as Hessian
George Siegmann as Hessian
Kate Bruce as Soldier's Family
Robert Harron as Farmer
Arthur V. Johnson as Hessian
George Nichols as Hessian
Billy Quirk as Hessian
Gertrude Robinson as Soldier's Family
D.W. Griffith Director
Billy Bitzer Director of Photography
Arthur Marvin Director of Photography
D.W. Griffith Writer
Frank E. Woods Writer
Los renegados de Hessia Trailer
1776, or The Hessian Renegades Trailer
United States 06 September 1909
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11 March 1909
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22 October 1909
Max Linder is an ardent suitor for the hand of a somewhat rampageous young lady. The gentle Max suffers sadly from her rough treatment, but at length he extracts the promise that she will marry him when he has learned to juggle with three balls.
15 April 1909
Nellie flees her old life and goes east to become a nurse, where she marries a doctor. One of her old colleagues finds her and tries to blackmail her.
27 February 1909
Surviving fragment of a longer film. A magician makes a butterfly woman appear, and a woman in a star.
08 August 1909
A hunter and his native helpers set up a trap, then taunt and shoot a panther. Next we see the locals skin the animal.
16 May 1909
Based on characters from Shakespeare's play: When Juliet's father refuses to let Romeo see her, Romeo resorts to extreme measures.
16 December 1909
Johanna loves poor farmer Joachim, yet marries the wealthy miller. One day, Joachim visits Johanna when he is away.
29 November 1909
A wife innocently inspires suspicion by generously giving away some money given to her for a hat.
19 August 1909
Mr. Jones jumps to the wrong conclusions when he sees a bouquet of flowers and a man's hat in the parlor.
14 October 1909
One of the first, of not the first, film adaptation of Grimm's fairytale.
07 January 1909
In the third installment of the "Mr. and Mrs. Jones" series, Mrs. Jones hosts a luncheon for her Ladies' Temperance League chapter on the condition that her husband, Mr.
10 August 1909
A smoker falls asleep, and two mischievious fairies play with his pipe. He discovers this, and imprisons them in a cigar box.
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