The Adventures of Dollie
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Screenplay Stanner E.V. Taylor Duration Country United States | 5.6/10 IMDb Genre Action, Short Cinematography Arthur Marvin Writer Stanner E.V. Taylor Language Silent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director D. W. Griffith
G. W. Bitzer Release date July 14, 1908 (1908-07-14) Directors D. W. Griffith, Billy Bitzer Cast Linda Arvidson (Mother), Arthur V Johnson (Father), Charles Inslee (Gypsy), Gladys Egan (Dollie), Madeline West (Gypsys Wife)Similar movies Related D W Griffith movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director. A print of the film survives in the Library of Congress film archive. The film tells the story of a young girl who, after being kidnapped by a gypsy peddler, ends up trapped in a barrel as it floats downriver toward a waterfall.
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Plot
On a beautiful summer day a father and mother take their daughter Dollie on an outing to the river. The mother refuses to buy a gypsy's wares. The gypsy tries to rob the mother, but the father drives him off. The gypsy returns to the camp and devises a plan. They return and kidnap Dollie while her parents are distracted. A rescue crew is organized, but the gypsy takes Dollie to his camp. They gag Dollie and hide her in a barrel before the rescue party gets to the camp. Once they leave the gypsies and escapes in their wagon. As the wagon crosses the river, the barrel falls into the water. Still sealed in the barrel, Dollie is swept downstream in dangerous currents. A boy who is fishing in the river finds the barrel, and Dollie is reunited safely with her parents.
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