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Director
  
D. W. Griffith

Writer
  
D.W. Griffith

Language
  
Silent

5.8/10
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Genre
  
Short, Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Cast
  
Marion Leonard
(Minnie, the Daughter),
David Miles
(Father),
Charles Inslee
(Grigo, the Suitor),
Barry O'Moore
(Giuseppe Cassella),
Anita Hendrie
(Mother),
Dorothy West
(Minnie's Friend / Dinner Guest)

Release date
  
February 25, 1909 (1909-02-25)

Cinematography
  
Billy Bitzer, Arthur Marvin

Genres
  
Silent film, Short Film, Drama, Indie film, Black-and-white

Similar movies
  
D W Griffith directed At the Altar and The Lonely Villa

at the altar 1909 director d w griffith


At the Altar is a 1909 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century. A print of this films survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress.

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Plot

A rejected admirer sets up a trap to kill his sweetheart and her fiance before they married and then commit suicide, but before he passes away, he leaves a confession. Fortunately the confession is found on time and a police man runs to the church to save the couple.

Cast

  • Marion Leonard as Minnie, the Daughter
  • David Miles - Father
  • Charles Inslee as Grigo, the Suitor
  • Herbert Yost as Giuseppe Cassella
  • Anita Hendrie as Mother
  • Dorothy West as Minnie's Friend/Dinner Guest
  • References

    At the Altar Wikipedia
    At the Altar IMDb At the Altar themoviedb.org