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Love Finds a Way
(1909) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 319 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Anita Hendrie [the duchess], Arthur V. Johnson [the duke], Marion Leonard [their daughter], Harry Solter [one of the daughter’s suitors], Charles Inslee [one of the daughter’s suitors], David Miles [the minister], Charles Avery [a plotter], George Gebhardt [a plotter], Florence Lawrence [a wedding guest], Mack Sennett [a footman], John R. Cumpson [a footman], Linda Arvidson [a lady-in-waiting], Dorothy West [a lady-in-waiting], [?] Charles West?
American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Scenario by [?] D.W. Griffith? Cinematography by Arthur Marvin and G.W. Bitzer. / © 12 January 1909 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H121529]. Released 11 January 1909; in a split-reel with The Honor of Thieves (1909). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy-Drama: Historical.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A comedy drama of mediaeval days, when Cupid was obliged to work overtime, and be an inventive genius of subtle powers, resorting to artifice and cunning to work his felicitous plans. In this Biograph story the Duke’s daughter is loved by a gallant knight, which love she reciprocates. The Duke, however, favors another and would force her to wed the man of his choice. Preparations are made for the wedding, and it looks as if the poor girl will be made a party of an odious match, but the lover becomes fearless and resorts to trick. With the aid of friends, he seizes the bridegroom that is to be, and assisted by the court barber, makes up to look exactly like him, and thus takes his place at the altar, is married before the deception is discovered. This is one of the most elaborately staged and costumed productions ever made.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 October 2023.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 41; Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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