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Director
  
D. W. Griffith

Screenplay
  
Frank E. Woods

Language
  
Silent film

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Short, Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

The Sealed Room movie poster

Writer
  
Honore de Balzac
,
Edgar Allan Poe
,
Frank E. Woods

Release date
  
September 2, 1909 (1909-09-02)

Story by
  
Edgar Allan Poe, Honore de Balzac

Cast
  
Arthur V. Johnson
(The Count),
Marion Leonard
(The Countess),
Henry B. Walthall
(The Minstrel),
Mary Pickford
(A Lady-in-Waiting),
George Siegmann
(Nobleman at Court),
Mack Sennett
(A Soldier)

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D w griffith s the sealed room 1909


The Sealed Room is an eleven-minute film released in 1909. Directed by D.W. Griffith, the film's cast included Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall, Mary Pickford, and Mack Sennett. The film was also known as The Sealed Door.

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Released in split-reel with The Little Darling.

Plot

The film's theme of immurement draws inspiration from Balzac's "La Grande BretĂȘche", and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado". The king constructs a cozy, windowless love-nest for himself and his concubine. However, she is not faithful to her sovereign, but consorts with the court troubadour. In fact, they use the king's new play chamber for their trysts. When the king discovers this, he sends for his masons. With the faithless duo still inside, the masons use stone and mortar to quietly seal the only door to the vault. The two lovers suffocate and the film ends.

Cast

  • Arthur V. Johnson as The Count
  • Marion Leonard as The Countess
  • Henry B. Walthall as The Minstrel
  • others

  • Linda Arvidson as A Lady-in-Waiting
  • William J. Butler as Nobleman at Court
  • Vernon Clarges as Nobleman at Court
  • Owen Moore as Nobleman at Court
  • George Nichols as Workman
  • Anthony O'Sullivan as Workman
  • Mary Pickford as A Lady-in-Waiting
  • Gertrude Robinson as A Lady-in-Waiting
  • Mack Sennett as A Soldier
  • George Siegmann as Nobleman at Court
  • References

    The Sealed Room Wikipedia
    The Sealed Room IMDb The Sealed Room themoviedb.org