AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

Trying to Get Arrested (1909)

5 April 1909

Cast:

John R. Cumpson, Anita Hendrie, Florence Lawrence [ More ]

Director:

D. W. Griffith

Production Company:

American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
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GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
LCMP
p. 63, column 2
LCPP
p. 102
EMP
p. 339
BIOB2
p. 78
BPL
pp. 112-113
The Daily Worker
p. 43
MPW
3 Apr 1909
pp. 393ta, 412-413ts, 418tl
NIC
1 May 1909
p. 145s
NYDM
17 Apr 1909
p. 13r
CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
D. W. Griffith
Dir
PHOTOGRAPHY
Billy Bitzer
G. W. Bitzer
Cam
Arthur Marvin
Cam
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the short story "The Cop and the Anthem" by O. Henry in his The Four Million (Garden City, NY, 1903).
LITERARY SOURCE AUTHOR
O. Henry
DETAILS
Release Date:
5 April 1909
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
31 March 1909
H125118
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
344
Country:
United States
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5 April 1909, American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
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