AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

His Wife's Mother (1909)

Comedy | 1 March 1909

Cast:

Florence Lawrence, John R. Cumpson, Mack Sennett [ More ]

Director:

D. W. Griffith

Writer:

Frank E. Woods

Production Company:

American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
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HISTORY

His Wife's Mother shared a split-reel with The Prussian Spy (1909, see entry). ...

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His Wife's Mother shared a split-reel with The Prussian Spy (1909, see entry).

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GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
LCMP
p. 26, column 2
LCPP
p. 45
EMP
pp. 139-140
BIOB2
p. 68
BPL
pp. 110-111
The Daily Worker
p. 39
Moving Picture World
27 Feb 1909
p. 227ta, 246ts, 252tl
Moving Picture World
6 Mar 1909
p. 269r
NYDM
27 Feb 1909
p. 13tl
NYDM
6 Mar 1909
p. 14ta
NYDM
13 Mar 1909
p. 16r
CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
D. W. Griffith
Dir
WRITER
Frank E. Woods
Scr
PHOTOGRAPHY
Billy Bitzer
G. W. Bitzer
Cam
Arthur Marvin
Cam
DETAILS
Release Date:
1 March 1909
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
1 March 1909
H123539
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
523
Country:
United States
GENRE
Genre:
Comedy


Subject
Subject (Major):
Mothers-in-law

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