The Englishman and the Girl

The Englishman and the Girl
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byD. W. Griffith
StarringCharles Craig
Mary Pickford
CinematographyBilly Bitzer
Distributed byBiograph
Release date
  • February 17, 1910 (1910-02-17)
Running time
11 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Englishman and the Girl was a 1910 short comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith. Being restored by Film Preservation Society.[1]

Plot[edit]

A small town's drama group is preparing for a Pocahontas-type play, when one of the member's English relatives suddenly arrives for a visit. This man, unlike the theater group, does not have any sense of humor, which sparks the relative and his friends to play practical jokes on him. They dress up as Indians to scare them, but the Englishman is so convinced, that he grabs his gun to shoot at them. At another moment, they try to get revenge by pretending to attack him, but the plan again backfires when the Englishman uses a prop gun from a heroine to horrify them.[2]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "PSFL: The Englishman and the Girl". Silent Era.com. January 20, 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
  2. ^ Review Summary The New York Times

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