A Calamitous Elopement
About A Calamitous Elopement
Frank and Jennie are caught together by her father, who chases Frank out. They plan to elope. A thief, Bill, finds the plan, hides in their trunk, and waits to take their belongings. Harry Solter plays Frank, Linda Arvidson plays Jennie, Charles Inslee plays the father, and George Gebhardt plays Bill.
Cast & crew
More about A Calamitous Elopement
D. W. Griffith directed and wrote this Biograph comedy. Arthur Marvin and G. W. Bitzer photographed it. Wikidata lists Billy Bitzer, the same cinematographer, with Marvin. Biograph released it on August 7, 1908. Wikipedia calls it 12 minutes and one reel. Griffith himself plays a policeman. Robert Harron plays a bellboy. Florence Lawrence, John R. Cumpson, and Anthony O'Sullivan are also in the cast.
Themes
Making
Griffith directed and also plays the policeman. Bitzer and Marvin share the camera credit on this August 1908 Biograph reel.
Look
G. W. Bitzer and Arthur Marvin are both credited. The reel covers the rooms at home and the getaway with the trunk.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
A print is preserved in the Library of Congress film archive.
Notes
- The thief's hiding place is the trunk the couple means to take with them.
- Wikipedia's plot stops at the theft. The catalog adds that the father discovers the couple at home before the elopement is planned.
- A print is in the Library of Congress film archive.
Scenes
- Jennie's father finds the couple and runs Frank out of the house.
- Bill climbs into the trunk and waits.
- Griffith appears as the policeman.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (A Calamitous Elopement.webm)
- Library of Congress
