The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909)

1909 · Silent film · 12 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

• Drama

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Synopsis

A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and change clothes. He arranges with 4 clowns to stage an attack on the princess which he easily repels. It works; the princess falls for him, especially when the cardinal arranges his arrest.

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Studio

Biograph Company

Released

1909-07-12

Running time

12 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• Frank Powell
• Florence Lawrence
• Mary Pickford
• Charles Avery
• Kate Bruce
• John R. Cumpson
• Arthur V. Johnson
• Owen Moore

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