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The Test
(1909) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 545 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: William A. Quirk (Billy Quirk) [Harry], Mary Pickford [Bessie], Lottie Pickford [the maid], Ruth Hart [a Salvation Army member], Arthur Johnson [a man at the hotel], Marion Leonard [a woman at the hotel], William J. Butler [a man at the hotel], Charles Craig [a man at the hotel], Anthony O’Sullivan [a man at the hotel], Henry B. Walthall [a man at the hotel], John R. Cumpson, Charles H. West
Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Scenario by D.W. Griffith. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer and Arthur Marvin. / © 20 December 1909 by Biograph Company [J136053]. Released 16 December 1909; in a split-reel with In a Hempen Bag (1909). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Niver-Early p. 323 and Weaver-Twenty p. 145 list Lillian Gish as a cast member even though she did not work for Biograph until 1912.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive]; and in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Photographs - Wallets
Listing updated: 15 October 2011.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 42; Eyman-Pickford p. 324; Niver-Early p. 323; Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-NFPF.
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