Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The necklace is stolen, and Mr. Kendrick goes into debt to replace it. The thief discovers it's costume jewelry, but the Kendricks never learns the truth; Husband and wife struggle for years to pay off the huge debt.
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Rose King as Harriet Leroque Kendrick
Herbert Prior as John Kendrick
Anthony O'Sullivan as Servant / Loan Clerk
Mary Pickford as The Maid / In Pawnshop
Frank Powell as Employer / Party Guest
Arthur V. Johnson as In Pawnshop / Doctor / Party Guest
James Kirkwood as Party Guest
David Miles as Party Guest
Owen Moore as In Jewelry Store / Party Guest
Billy Quirk as In Pawnshop / Party Guest
Mack Sennett as In Pawnshop / In Jewelry Store / Party Guest
Charles Avery as In Pawnshop
Guy de Maupassant Novel
Frank E. Woods Writer
Billy Bitzer Director of Photography
Arthur Marvin Director of Photography
D.W. Griffith Director
United States 01 July 1909
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19 July 1909
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17 June 1909
A disfigured violinist mistakes a token of appreciation for a love bouquet. When he realizes his mistake, he loses his mind.
07 September 1909
At a house party, people are dancing.... but one of the guests slips away from his accomplice to go break open a locked cabinet and steal money.
23 July 1909
Pathé film #2871. In a hotel, a weary traveler settles down to rest. But, hallucinations brought on by fatigue: monsters appear around the bed, which vanishes, while the traveler, thrown to the floor, gets up and grabs a chair.
04 November 1909
Out for a stroll, the short-sighted governess is more absorbed in her paper than in governing, leading to a series of unfortunate events, not least returning home with a boy instead of the daughter of the house.
04 December 1909
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17 May 1909
John is seduced and abandoned by a cruel flirt. Later he learns that his friend Frank is engaged to the same woman.
21 August 1909
A story of ancient Rome. The scene of this story is laid in Rome in the days of Nero. Rome has recently suffered conflagrations and other disasters, and Nero, hoping to divert the public wrath from his own misconduct, has encouraged the persecution of the growing sect of Christians.
15 October 1909
Based on the celebrated novel by Alessandro Manzoni, "The Betrothed", the film tells the passage of Lucia being sent on an errand by the Nun of Monza, her kidnapping at the hands of "the Unnamed", and this man's meeting with the Cardinal Borromeo, whose intercession is key for the liberation of Lucia.
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.
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