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The Old Confectioner’s Mistake
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Wilfred Lucas [Old Daddy Dawson], Grace Henderson [Lady Bountiful], Edna Foster [one of the children]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Edward Acker. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 7 September 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 15 October 2011.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.