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The Song of the Shirt
(1908) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 638 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Florence Lawrence [the working woman, the first sister], Linda Arvidson [the dying woman, the second sister], Robert Harron [the stock boy], Mack Sennett [the foreman; a man in the second restaurant; and a man in the office], Harry Solter [the employer; and a man in the second restaurant], George Gebhardt [a man in the office; and a waiter], Arthur Johnson [a waiter], [?] Alfred Paget?
American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Scenario by [?] Frank E. Woods and D.W. Griffith?, from the poem “Song of the Shirt” by Thomas Hood. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 14 November 1908 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H118293]. Released 17 November 1908. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The Biograph ‘AB’ logo is seen in several scenes.
Drama: Social.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 September 2023.
References: Barry-Griffith pp. 13, 41; Blum-Silent p. 12; Leyda-Before p. 141; Robinson-Palace pp. 127, 130; Sloan-Loud pp. 45, 151; Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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