The Adventures of Dollie

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The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, often cited as his directorial debut and an early example of narrative cinema.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 1900s film
silent short film
cinematographer G. W. Bitzer
colorProcess black and white
countryOfOrigin United States
director D. W. Griffith
distributor American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
format 35 mm film
genre drama
silent film
hasCastMember Alfred Paget
Anthony O'Sullivan
Arthur V. Johnson
Billy Bitzer
Charles Gorman
Charles Inslee
Clara T. Bracy
Dorothy West
Edward Dillon
Florence Lawrence
George Gebhardt
George Nichols
George Siegmann
Gladys Egan
Harry Solter
Herbert Yost
Jeanie MacPherson
John R. Cumpson
Kate Bruce
Linda Arvidson
Mack Sennett
Marion Leonard
Marion Sunshine
Owen Moore
Robert Harron
W. Chrystie Miller
Wilfred Lucas
hasSetting United States
isNotableFor being an early directorial work of D. W. Griffith
being an early example of narrative cinema
mainCharacter Dollie
originalLanguage Silent film (no spoken dialogue)
plotSummary A young girl named Dollie is kidnapped by gypsies and placed in a barrel that is accidentally set adrift in a river before she is eventually rescued.
productionCompany American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
releaseDate 1908-07-14
releaseYear 1908
runtimeMinutes 12
screenwriter Stanner E. V. Taylor

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Linda Arvidson notableWork The Adventures of Dollie
Wallace McCutcheon Sr. notableWork The Adventures of Dollie