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The Golden Louis (1909)

1909 · Silent film · 6 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

  • Drama

Synopsis

It was fête day in old Paris, and the city was the scene of gaiety and splendor. Contrasted with the brilliant throng we see a little child shivering in the snow, with her little wooden shoe held out expectant of a coin from those charitably disposed. But in the intoxicating jollity of the occasion the poor soul is passed by unnoticed until, exhausted, she sinks upon the stone step and sleeps. There now passes a kindly spirited knight, who flicks a Louis d'Or into the tiny wooden slipper at her…

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Details

Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
D.W. Griffith
Studio
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Released
1909-02-22
Running time
6 minutes

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