A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Cast: Frank Powell [Doctor Harcourt], Florence Lawrence [Mrs. Harcourt, his wife], Gladys Egan [Edith Harcourt, their daughter], Kate Bruce [poor mother], Mary Pickford [the elder daughter], Adele de Garde [the sick daughter], Rose King [maid]

Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 1909 by Biograph Company [J129513]. Released 8 July 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 29 and 31 May, and on 7 June 1909.

Drama: Rural.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm nitrate negative]; and in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 28 April 2012.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 41; Everson-American p. 49; Eyman-Pickford p. 323; Fell-History pp. 56, 62; Mottram-Danish pp. 56, 57, 78; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-AFI; Website-NFPF.

Home video: DVD.