Two lovers elope and expect to be pursued by her father. But the clever father has tricked them into running off, and celebrates their wedding when they return home.
Watch the official They Would Elope 1909 trailer in HD below.
Billy Quirk as Harry
Mary Pickford as Bessie
James Kirkwood as The Father
Kate Bruce as The Mother
Stanner E.V. Taylor Writer
Billy Bitzer Director of Photography
Percy Higginson Director of Photography
D.W. Griffith Director
United States 09 August 1909
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1909:
16 May 1909
Charming animated illustration of one of nature's wonders from Britain's most inventive pioneer of wildlife filmmaking.
29 November 1909
A wife innocently inspires suspicion by generously giving away some money given to her for a hat.
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.
19 February 1909
A young sailor dozes off in the grass in Frederiksberg Have and wakes up surrounded by supernatural fairylike creatures.
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.
06 May 1909
First film of Burnham Beeches, the famous beauty spot and ultimate film location.
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 May 1909
"The Judgment of Solomon" was billed as a Vitagraph High Art Film. Biblical Production. It shared a split-reel with "Jephthah's Daughter, a Biblical Tragedy".
03 May 1909
One of the members of a suicide club learns he has inherited some money, but only after he drew the fatal lot and is expected to kill himself.
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