Movies by Year - 1909 (48)| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| 1776, or the Hessian RenegadesDuring the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy soldiers. He takes refuge with a civilian family, but is soon detected. The family and their | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Drama, Short, War | 5.6 (197 votes) | 10 | 20211228 |
| Broken Locket, TheGeorge Peabody is a young man who has been giving free rein to his inclinations, the principal one being drink. One might have concluded he was lost, but there was the chance which the hand of Providence always bestows in the person | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 4.8 (122 votes) | 11 | 20211228 |
| ConfidenceA beautiful romance of a girl from the Golden West. Confidence is the flower grown from the seed of true friendship, watered by the tears of adversity, and often assailed by the blight of calumny. For as Shakespeare says', ""be tho... | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.2 (114 votes) | 11 | 20231112 |
| Cord of Life, TheAntonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an energetic, provident husband and father. His demands are met with a positive rebuff, and when he becomes insistent be is forcibly ejected by Ga | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Crime, Drama | 5.3 (129 votes) | 9 | 20211228 |
| Corner in Wheat, AAn unscrupulous and greedy capitalist speculator decides to corner the wheat market for his own profit, establishing complete control over the markets. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Crime, Drama | 6.6 (2.4K votes) | 14 | 20211228 |
| Country Doctor, TheWhile caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's pleas to come home and care for his own daughter, who has taken a turn for the worse. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 6.4 (657 votes) | 14 | 20211228 |
| Cricket on the Hearth, TheAfter three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engagement with a much older man. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short | 4.9 (147 votes) | 10 | 20211228 |
| Curtain Pole, TheAn upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumulating an ever-growing entour | 1909 | D.W. Griffith, Mack Sennett | Short, Comedy | 5.6 (322 votes) | 13 | 20211228 |
| Drunkard's Reformation, AA drinking man arrives home, late and sozzled as usual. His wife reminds him that he promised to take their child to a play. The play proves to be a morality tale about the evils of drink; he sees the parallels in his own life and sw | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Drama, Short | 5.7 (227 votes) | 13 | 20211228 |
| Edgar Allen PoeThe story, while not biographical, is founded on incidents in his life, showing his devotion for his sick wife, Virginia. Desperate from his utter helplessness to ameliorate his dying wife's suffering, owing to extreme destitution, h | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Biography, Drama | 6.0 (488 votes) | 7 | 20211228 |
| Fools of FateFanny is the wife of Ben Webster, a trapper, and while he is an affectionate and dutiful husband, she yearns for something which appears better than her lot. She reasons: "Have I not youth and beauty and attainments far above this en | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.8 (111 votes) | 11 | 20211228 |
| Getting EvenThe most satisfying and pleasurable sensation experienced is "getting even," especially where one has been held up to ridicule before a jeering mob. Such was the reguerdon of Bud, the Kid of the Mining Camp, after suffering gross hum | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Comedy, Short | 4.9 (97 votes) | 6 | 20211228 |
| Gibson Goddess, TheA pack of admirers won't leave a beautiful woman alone at a seaside resort, so she devises a plan. She appears in a leg-revealing swimsuit, but the stockings have been stuffed with cotton to make her limbs appear misshapen. All but o | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Comedy, Short | 4.9 (167 votes) | 6 | 20211228 |
| Girls and Daddy, ThePortrays two teenage girls who are safeguarding money for their father and their reaction to a burglar's attempt to steal it. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.9 (79 votes) | 15 | 20211228 |
| Golden Louis, TheAn anonymous donor drops a gold coin in the shoe of a homeless girl as she sleeps. A gambler with a 'sure thing' borrows the coin and wins a fortune, but he can't find her again to repay her. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.8 (201 votes) | 5 | 20211228 |
| häßliche Mädchen [The Ugly Girl], DasCanta, known as "the ugly girl," is hooted at by the children, shunned by all men and made a laughing stock of by the women. Sad indeed is her lot and despair is written on her unattractive countenance as she draws her shawl more clo | 1909 | Michel Carré | Short, Drama | nan | 0 | 20211228 |
| Her First BiscuitsA new bride has made a batch of biscuits. Her husband pretends to like them, so she delivers the rest to his office. But one bite of these biscuits makes you violently ill, and soon all his visitors (he runs a theatrical booking agen | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Comedy, Short | 5.7 (66 votes) | 6 | 20211228 |
| In Love with the Bearded Woman [Amoureux de la femme à barbe]Max goes to the circus and falls in love with the bearded woman. When he discovers that the beard is fake, he runs away from the woman. | 1909 | Unknown | Short, Comedy | 5.3 (47 votes) | 6 | 20220423 |
| Indian Runner's Romance, TheAn Indian comforts a dying prospector in his last moments. In exchange, the prospector tells him the location of his gold claim. A group of cowboys tries to get the information and go as far as kidnapping the Indian's wife. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Western, Short | 4.4 (63 votes) | 11 | 20211228 |
| Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals, TheWell, here we pay another visit to the Jones' domicile, with the same amusing results, for Jones cannot help being funny, and we feel sure that his obituary, not that we are in a hurry to write it, will read like "Pickings from Puck. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Comedy | 5.6 (105 votes) | 4 | 20211228 |
| Lines of White on a Sullen SeaSoon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown to her, Bill marries another woman from a different port. Emily waits faithfully for six years, finally becoming dangerously ill. Wh | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 6.8 (84 votes) | 11 | 20211228 |
| Little Darling, TheLillie runs a boarding house full of young bachelors. A friend writes to say she's sending her little darling daughter for a visit. The bachelors all buy toys for a little girl, but an attractive young woman gets off the train instea | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Comedy | 4.5 (176 votes) | 2 | 20211228 |
| Little Vixen [La petite rosse], TheAngeline was the daughter of wealthy parents, and a coquette. Max is deeply in love with her, but the young lady is so fickle, that although Max has proposed many times, she has never given him a decided answer. Time and time again, | 1909 | Camille de Morlhon | Short, Comedy | 5.7 (44 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Lonely Villa, TheA gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and children. The family barricade themselves in an interior room, but the criminals are well-equipped for breaking in. When the father finds | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Crime, Drama | 6.1 (946 votes) | 8 | 20211228 |
| Love's Surprises [Les surprises de l'amour]A man, his wife and their two sons are having a meal. One of the sons leaves the room pretending to be ill and collects a bunch of flowers form a cupboard and goes out. The other son takes a bunch of flowers from under his bed and he | 1909 | Unknown | Short, Comedy | 5.9 (86 votes) | 6 | 20211228 |
| Lucky JimGertrude chooses Jim over Jack, which makes Jack very jealous. Later Jim dies, and Jack marries Gertrude. He finds himself once again very jealous of the late Lucky Jim. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 4.8 (70 votes) | 5 | 20211228 |
| Lure of the Gown, The"Fine feathers make fine birds.'' and handsome gowns make handsome women, and a handsome woman is the most fascinating thing extant. Hence it is when Isabelle appears on the scene clad in a gown that is a masterpiece of the dressmake | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Comedy | 4.6 (74 votes) | 6 | 20211228 |
| The Mended LuteRising Moon loves Little Bear, but her father prefers Standing Rock, a richer suitor. Standing Rock takes her to his teepee under guard, but she escapes and joins Little Bear as they attempt to escape. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Western, Short | 4.7 (275 votes) | 11 | 20220423 |
| Midsummer Night's Dream, AIn ancient Athens, four young lovers escape into the woods. Meanwhile, tradesmen rehearse a play. All of them suffer from the shenanigans of mischievous fairies. | 1909 | Charles Kent, J. Stuart Blackton | Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Short | 5.7 (336 votes) | 12 | 20211228 |
| Mr. Jones Has a Card PartyMr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance League. But Oh! the ordeal, for such it was, was telling on him, and his pent-up spirits | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Comedy | 5.2 (51 votes) | 10 | 20211228 |
| Nursing A ViperDuring the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a mob attacks a nearby chateau an aristocrat bursts into the couple's home. They save his life by disguising him as a servant, but he | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.1 (108 votes) | 10 | 20211228 |
| Pippa PassesPippa awakes and faces the world outside with a song. Unknown to her, the music has a healing effect on all who hear her as she passes by. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.5 (123 votes) | 11 | 20211228 |
| Politician's Love Story, AA corrupt politician, on seeing a satirical cartoon in a newspaper, rushes to the paper's offices to shoot the cartoonist. On discovering the cartoonist is a pretty woman, he falls instantly in love and wastes no time in wooing her. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Comedy, Romance | 4.9 (93 votes) | 6 | 20211228 |
| Red Man's View, TheAn Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary journey to find a new home. The settlers make one young Indian woman stay behind. This woman is thus separated from her sweetheart, whose | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Western | 5.9 (370 votes) | 14 | 20211228 |
| Renunciation, TheTwo miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the critical moment, the woman introduces her fiancé from the city. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Western | 5.1 (108 votes) | 11 | 20211228 |
| ResurrectionFree adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's powerful novel. The subject opens with the return home of Prince Dimitri, who meets the maid Katusha, a little peasant girl, and is instantly charmed with her beauty. Young, artless and innocent, as p | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Drama, Short | 5.2 (133 votes) | 12 | 20211228 |
| Romeo Turns Bandit [Roméo se fait bandit]Based on characters from Shakespeare's play: When Juliet's father refuses to let Romeo see her, Romeo resorts to extreme measures. | 1909 | Romeo Bosetti | Short, Drama, Romance | 4.8 (95 votes) | 6 | 20211228 |
| Sealed Room, TheA king exacts vengeance upon his faithless mistress and her lover. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama, History, Thriller | 6.0 (834 votes) | 11 | 20211228 |
| Son's Return, TheA son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his parents' inn. They don't recognize him, but noticing his fat wallet, plan to rob him. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.7 (107 votes) | 11 | 20211228 |
| A Strange Meeting Mary is coerced into helping with a burglary of a minister's apartment. Later she repents and goes to the minister's storefront mission to help. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.1 (79 votes) | 11 | 20211228 |
| Sweet And TwentyAlice misunderstands when she sees her sweetheart kissing her sister. Despondent, he tries to drown himself, but Alice wants to make up and coaxes him out of his gloom. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Romance | 5.9 (31 votes) | 6 | 20211228 |
| Those Awful HatsSet in an early cinema house, this comic short illustrates the problems with the gals' hats obscuring the movie patron's line of vision. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Comedy, Short | 6.2 (1.2K votes) | 5 | 20211228 |
| Tower of Nesle, The [La tour de Nesle]Marguerite de Bourgogne had her father, the Duke of Bourgogne, murdered by Buridan, her page and lover. Once her aim achieved, she tried to get rid both of Buridan and of the two sons, Philippe and Gaultier, they had together. But... | 1909 | Albert Capellani | Short, Drama, History | nan | 0 | 20240715 |
| A Trap for Santa ClausThe children set a trap for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, knowing he has to come through the window because their estate has no chimney. Their father, who abandoned them and his wife before she inherited her fortune, plans to burglar | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Drama, Short | 5.7 (340 votes) | 16 | 20220423 |
| Violin Maker of Cremona, TheIn the little Italian city of Cremona there dwelt Taddeo Ferrari, a violin maker and student of Andrea Amati, the most famous of the craft. Ferrari's pretty daughter, Giannina, was beloved by one of his apprentices, Sandro. Filippo, | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.0 (138 votes) | 10 | 20211228 |
| Voice of the Violin, TheA music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his anger he joins a communist group who plan to blow up a rich capitalist's house. When he realizes it's Helen's house, he tries to stop the plan. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short | 5.1 (163 votes) | 16 | 20211228 |
| The Way Of ManA woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage to another. | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.3 (72 votes) | 11 | 20220423 |
| What Drink DidA man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially refuses a beer with lunch, then gives in. After work, two friends take a little while to convince him to go for a refreshing malt beverage, t | 1909 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.4 (193 votes) | 12 | 20211228 |