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:
06 May 1909
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01 January 1909
A young shepherd and servant girl are separated when she is sold into slavery and taken to Alexandria.
21 September 1909
It's the oldest Brazilian movie that survived and the film that captured the first car race in Brazil.
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.
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.
05 April 1909
A tramp tries to get himself arrested so he can sleep in the nice, warm jail, but the police keep ignoring him or arresting the wrong person.
06 November 1909
Mazepa, the Ukrainian governor is in love with his goddaughter Maria. He quickly wins her heart. But her old father treats the wooer harshly… Maria runs away.
04 December 1909
Tom Carlton, leader of a band of Western bandits, tires of his life of crime and resolves to reform.
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.
28 January 1909
Antonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an energetic, provident husband and father.
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