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An Awful Moment
''An Awful Moment'' is a 1908 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the "one-reeler" is preserved in the film archive of the Library of Congress. Plot Judge Mowbray sentences a man, at which a gypsy woman protests. The Judge later goes home and sees his wife and daughter. However the gypsy woman breaks into his house. She knocks out Mrs. Mowbray, gags her and ties her to a chair. She sets up a gun to shoot her dead when the door is opened. However the daughter wakes up and is able to tell her father, who saves his wife, and the gypsy woman is arrested. Cast * George Gebhardt as Matteo Rettazzi / Policeman * Marion Leonard as Fiammetta, Matteo's Wife * Harry Solter as Judge Mowbray * Florence Lawrence as Mrs. Mowbray * Gladys Egan as The Mowbrays' Daughter * Linda Arvidson as The Maid * Florence Barker * Dorothy Bernard * Kate Bruce * Charles Gorman * Gertrude Robinson as Woman in Court * Mack Sennett as Policeman / Man in Court * Dorothy Wes ...
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George Gebhardt
George Gebhardt (September 21, 1879 – May 2, 1919) was an American silent film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1908 and 1922. He was born in Basel, Switzerland and died in Edendale, Los Angeles from tuberculosis. Selected filmography * '' Balked at the Altar'' (1908) * '' After Many Years'' (1908) * ''The Fight for Freedom'' (1908) * ''Romance of a Jewess'' (1908) * ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1908) * '' Money Mad'' (1908) * '' A Calamitous Elopement'' (1908) * ''The Greaser's Gauntlet'' (1908) * '' The Man and the Woman'' (1908) * '' The Fatal Hour'' (1908) * '' For Love of Gold'' (1908) * ''The Call of the Wild'' (1908) * ''For a Wife's Honor'' (1908) * '' Betrayed by a Handprint'' (1908) * ''Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court'' (1908) * ''The Girl and the Outlaw'' (1908) * ''Behind the Scenes'' (1908) * ''The Red Girl'' (1908) * '' The Heart of O'Yama'' (1908) * ''Where the Breakers Roar'' (1908) * ''A Smoked Husband'' (1908) * '' The Stole ...
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Kate Bruce
Kate Bruce (February 17, 1860 – April 2, 1946) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 280 films between 1908 and 1931. She was born in Columbus, Indiana and died in New York City. In 1885, Bruce left Boone, Iowa in a wagon with a group of traveling actors at a time when stages were illuminated by oil lights. On Broadway, Bruce performed in ''The Starbucks'' (1903). Partial filmography * ''The Greaser's Gauntlet'' (1908) * '' Betrayed by a Handprint'' (1908) * ''Behind the Scenes'' (1908) * '' An Awful Moment'' (1908) * '' One Touch of Nature'' (1909) * ''The Golden Louis'' (1909) * ''At the Altar'' (1909) * '' The Girls and Daddy'' (1909) * '' The Country Doctor'' (1909) * ''The Hessian Renegades'' (1909) * ''The Red Man's View'' (1909) * ''A Trap for Santa'' (1909) * ''In Little Italy'' (1909) * ''To Save Her Soul'' (1909) * ''Choosing a Husband'' (1909) * ''The Rocky Road'' (1910) * ''All on Account of the Milk'' (1910) * ''The Woman from ...
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1900s American Films
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ... Films * 19 (film), ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * Nineteen (film), ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * 19 (Adele album), ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD (rapper), MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * XIX (EP), ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * 19 (song), "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. ...
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Articles Containing Video Clips
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Films Directed By D
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American Black-and-white Films
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American Silent Short Films
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Silent American Drama Films
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1908 Short Films
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipknot. ...
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1908 Drama Films
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipknot. ...
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1908 Films
The year 1908 in film involved some significant events. Events *July 3 - Malhabour Theater, the first film house in Iloilo City was opened to the public. *July 14 – D. W. Griffith becomes a director at the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in New York City. Between 1908 and 1913, Griffith will direct nearly 500 films starting with the release of The Adventures of Dollie. *October 28 – The Russian Film Industry begins with the release of Russia's first fictional narrative film '' Stenka Razin''. *November 18 – Release in France of ''The Assassination of the Duke of Guise'' (''La Mort du duc de Guise''), the first film with a screenplay by an eminent man of letters, the playwright Henri Lavedan; it is also directed by two men of the theatre, Charles Le Bargy and André Calmettes, features actors of the Comédie-Française, and is accompanied by a score from Saint-Saëns. *December - Thomas Edison forms the Motion Picture Patents Company, with goals of controlling pr ...
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Dorothy West (actress)
Dorothy West (August 29, 1891 – December 11, 1980) was an American stage and film actress and radio performer. Early life She grew up in Huntsville, Alabama. Career West was a star in Biograph silent films in New York. She later relocated to Hollywood with a group of D.W. Griffith stars that included Mary Pickford, Marion Leonard, Florence Barker, and Mack Sennett in 1909. West, Pickford, Pickford's brother Jack, and Effie Johnson boarded together. She joined a stock theatre company in Mount Vernon, Illinois; then joined the Pitt Stock Players in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and in also performed in theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. West returned to film several years later. West received positive notice for her work in Griffith's '' His Mother's Scarf'' (1911) '' Swords and Hearts'' (1911) and ''The Eternal Grind'' (1916). West left films again to tour in theatre productions in Europe after World War I with the American Army of Occupation, including in Germany. ...
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