''A Window on Washington Park'' is a 1913 film directed by Laurence Trimble, produced by

Vitagraph Studios Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907, ...

. The 15-minute short film is about a millionaire who notices this poor old man in the park and brings him in his house to try to help him. The old man then tells him how he lost his money and at the same time where his daughter left him. This film was one of those lost or unknown to survive films. In 2009 a copy of the film was found in the

New Zealand Film Archive The New Zealand Film Archive was established in 1981. On 1 August 2014 the archive was amalgamated with Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero and the Television New Zealand Archive to form Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. 2009 lost film recovery In earl ...

along with 75 other films. The film is viewable on the

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website with no musical score.

Cast

* Tom Powers ''as'' the young millionaire * Charles Kent ''as'' Mr. Wescott as an old man *

Courtenay Foote Courtenay Foote (22 November 1878 – 4 May 1925) was an English stage and silent film actor. Born in Yorkshire, England, Foote attended Oxford, studied engineering in Germany, and worked as a civil engineer in Scotland. Friends who heard ...

''as'' Mr. Wescott as a young man *

Florence Turner Florence Turner (January 6, 1885 – August 28, 1946) was an American actress who became known as the "Vitagraph Girl" in early silent films. Biography Born in New York City, Turner was pushed into appearing on the stage at age three by he ...

''as'' Primrose

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* Films directed by Laurence Trimble American silent short films Vitagraph Studios short films 1910s rediscovered films 1913 films 1910s American films {{short-silent-film-stub