Nursing a Viper Trailer (1909)

03 November 1909 Drama 10 mins

During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a mob attacks a nearby chateau an aristocrat bursts into the couple's home. They save his life by disguising him as a servant, but he soon forces his attentions on the wife. Hearing their struggle, the husband intervenes and, stripping the aristocrat of his disguise, thrusts him outdoors to be killed by the mob.

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Cast

Arthur V. Johnson as The Husband

Marion Leonard as The Wife

Frank Powell as The Viper

Owen Moore as Fleeing Aristocrat

James Kirkwood as In Mob

Florence Lawrence

George Nichols as In Mob

Billy Quirk as Fleeing Aristocrat

Mack Sennett as In Mob

Dorothy West

Frank Evans as In Mob

Ruth Hart as Victimized Woman

Henry Lehrman as In Mob

Anthony O'Sullivan as In Mob

Gertrude Robinson as Fleeing Aristocrat

Mabel Trunnelle as Victimized Woman

Crew

D.W. Griffith Director

Frank E. Woods Writer

D.W. Griffith Writer

Billy Bitzer Cinematography

International Releases Dates

United States 03 November 1909

Production Companies

American Mutoscope & Biograph

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