An Arcadian Maid
About An Arcadian Maid
Priscilla, a maid, is talked into stealing from the house by a traveling peddler who needs the money for gambling debts. He tells her to meet him later and takes the next train. She takes off a necklace with a cross, waits, and then runs for the station. She misses the train. On board he fights another passenger and is thrown off. She finds him. He tries to strike her and dies of the injuries. She puts the money back where it was hidden, without waking her employer, and later puts the necklace on again.
Cast & crew
More about An Arcadian Maid
D. W. Griffith directed. Stanner E. V. Taylor wrote it. G. W. Bitzer photographed it. Biograph released it on August 1, 1910. Wikipedia times it at 16 minutes at 16 frames per second. A circulating copy runs 12 minutes and 31 seconds. Mary Pickford plays Priscilla. Mack Sennett plays the peddler. George Nichols and Kate Bruce play the man and woman of the house. A copy is on the Internet Archive as AnArcadianMaid_179.
Themes
Making
Griffith shot Pickford as the maid and Sennett as the peddler for a Biograph one-reeler.
Look
G. W. Bitzer photographed the house, the station, and the peddler thrown from the train.
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive. A circulating print runs 12 minutes and 31 seconds.
Notes
- The still used on the Wikipedia page shows Priscilla finding the injured peddler.
- She returns the money while the employer is asleep.
- Charles Craig plays a man in the gambling hall.
- The cross comes off when she thinks she is leaving with him, and goes back on at the end.
Scenes
- He takes the train instead of meeting her.
- She puts the money back and fastens the cross again.
Also available
- Internet Archive (AnArcadianMaid_179)
