AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

A Fair Exchange (1909)

23 September 1909

Cast:

James Kirkwood, Mack Sennett, Anthony O'Sullivan [ More ]

Director:

D. W. Griffith

Production Company:

Biograph Co.
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HISTORY

This was the first film adaptation of Silas Marner. It was followed two years later by Thanhouser's Silas Marner (1911, see entry). ...

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This was the first film adaptation of Silas Marner. It was followed two years later by Thanhouser's Silas Marner (1911, see entry).

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GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
LCMP
Errata and Addenda Sheet
LCPP
p. 183
EMP
p. 96
BIOB2
p. 127
BPL
pp. 118-119
The Daily Worker
pp. 60-61
MPW
25 Sep 1909
p. 421ts, 428ta, 432tl
MPW
9 Oct 1909
p. 491r
NYDM
25 Sep 1909
p. 17ta
NYDM
2 Oct 1909
p. 32r
Variety
25 Sep 1909
tr
CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Biograph Co.
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
Biograph Co.
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
D. W. Griffith
Dir
PHOTOGRAPHY
Billy Bitzer
G. W. Bitzer
Cam
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the novel Silas Marner by George Eliot (pseud. of Mary Ann Cross) (London and Edinburgh, 1861).
LITERARY SOURCE AUTHOR
George Eliot
DETAILS
Release Date:
23 September 1909
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Biograph Co.
22 September 1909
J132094
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
995
Country:
United States
Language:
English
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23 September 1909, Biograph Film Co.
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