The Country Doctor (1909 film)

The Country Doctor
Screenshot
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byD. W. Griffith
StarringKate Bruce
CinematographyG. W. Bitzer
Distributed byBiograph Studios
Release date
  • July 8, 1909 (1909-07-08)
Running time
Original length 942 feet (15 minutes)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Play film; runtime 00:15:31

The Country Doctor is a 1909 American short silent drama film written and directed by D. W. Griffith. Currently in the public domain, prints of The Country Doctor are preserved at the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress.[2]

Plot

A doctor (Frank Powell) leaves his sick daughter (Adele DeGarde) to assist a neighbor that is gravely ill, and ignores his wife's requests to come home and take care of his own daughter who is getting worse.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Country Doctor", film promotion, The Moving Picture World (New York, N.Y.), 3 July 1909, p. 5. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Country Doctor". Silent Era. Retrieved July 16, 2008.


Stub icon

This 1900s short drama film-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article related to an American film of the 1900s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.