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. When the blackmail plot is exposed, Nellie's husband expresses his complete faith in her.
Watch the official Confidence 1909 trailer in HD below.
Florence Lawrence as Nellie Burton
Charles Inslee as Jim Colt
Herbert Prior as Dinner Guest / In Bar
Linda Arvidson as Dinner Guest
Charles Avery as Dinner Guest
Raymond Hatton as In Bar
Anita Hendrie as In Hospital
Arthur V. Johnson as The Doctor
David Miles as Mexican
Owen Moore as Dinner Guest / In Bar / In Hospital
John R. Cumpson as In Bar
Barry O'Moore as Mexican
Anthony O'Sullivan as Dinner Guest / In Bar
Mack Sennett as Footman
D.W. Griffith Writer
D.W. Griffith Director
Arthur Marvin Cinematography
Billy Bitzer Cinematography
United States 15 April 1909
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1909:
14 October 1909
One of the first, of not the first, film adaptation of Grimm's fairytale.
19 February 1909
A young sailor dozes off in the grass in Frederiksberg Have and wakes up surrounded by supernatural fairylike creatures.
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.
19 July 1909
Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the critical moment, the woman introduces her fiancé from the city.
27 November 1909
Jim Flanders, a wealthy ranchman, has a beautiful daughter, Alice, who is loved by Tom Ripley, the foreman of the ranch.
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.
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.
06 May 1909
First film of Burnham Beeches, the famous beauty spot and ultimate film location.
01 July 1909
Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The necklace is stolen, and Mr.
29 July 1909
A Greek woman marries a struggling sculptor. When he can't support her and their baby, she offers to sell herself as a slave to allow them to buy food.
20 September 1909
Brothers George and Robert enlist on opposite sides in the Civil War. Robert is captured as a spy for the South, but escapes and hides in his parents' house.
11 March 1909
A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following a barfight turned deadly, her life seems directionless-- that is, until she's saved from the streets by a band of Salvationists.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1909 American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
