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The Trick That Failed
(1909) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Mary Pickford

Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Released 29 November 1909; in a split-reel with In the Window Recess (1909). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

[?] Drama?

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 14 October 2011.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 41; Eyman-Pickford p. 324; Spehr-American p. 4.