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Arthur Johnson and Marion Leonard.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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The Voice of the Violin
(1909) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 978 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Arthur Johnson [Von Schmitt], Marion Leonard [Helen Walker], David Miles [the radical leader], Anita Hendrie [Helen’s maid], Mack Sennett, John R. Cumpson, Dorothy West
American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by Arthur Marvin and G.W. Bitzer. / © 17 March 1909 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H124289]. Released 18 March 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 19 and 23 February 1909.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive, 35mm preservation negative]; and in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Anarchists - Musical instruments: Violins
Listing updated: 8 March 2011.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 41; Everson-American p. 48; Sloan-Loud pp. 50, 152; Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-AFI; Website-GEM.
Home video: DVD.
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