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A Calamitous Elopement

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Director
  
D. W. Griffith

Screenplay
  
D. W. Griffith

Writer
  
D.W. Griffith

Language
  
Silent

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Genre
  
Short, Comedy

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

A Calamitous Elopement movie poster

Release date
  
August 7, 1908 (1908-08-07)

Cinematography
  
Billy Bitzer, Arthur Marvin

Cast
  
D W Griffith
(Policeman),
Linda Arvidson
(Jennie),
Florence Lawrence
,
Harry Solter
(Frank),
Robert Harron
(Bellboy)

Similar movies
  
Related D W Griffith movies

A Calamitous Elopement is a 1908 American silent short comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film exists in the film archive of the Library of Congress.

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Plot

A young couple decides to elope after being caught in the midst of a romantic moment by the woman's angry father. They make plans to leave, but a thief discovers their plans and hides in their trunk and waits for the right moment to steal their belongings.

Cast

  • Harry Solter as Frank
  • Linda Arvidson as Jennie
  • Charles Inslee as Jennie's Father
  • George Gebhardt as Bill, a Thief
  • John R. Cumpson
  • D. W. Griffith as Policeman
  • Robert Harron as Bellboy
  • Florence Lawrence
  • Anthony O'Sullivan
  • References

    A Calamitous Elopement Wikipedia
    A Calamitous Elopement IMDb A Calamitous Elopement themoviedb.org