Nursing a Viper
About Nursing a Viper
During the French Revolution a well-off couple stays safe by talking like republicans. A mob hits a nearby château and an aristocrat bursts into their house. They save him by dressing him as a servant. He then forces himself on the wife. The husband hears the struggle, strips the disguise, and pushes him outside to the crowd.
Cast & crew
More about Nursing a Viper
D. W. Griffith directed and, with Frank E. Woods, wrote the scenario. G. W. Bitzer was cameraman. Biograph released the reel on 4 November 1909 and copyrighted it the next day as J134294, at 920 feet.
Themes
Look
G. W. Bitzer photographed the single reel for Biograph.
Preservation
A paper print survives at the Library of Congress. The film is in the public domain in the United States.
Notes
- Arthur V. Johnson plays the husband, Marion Leonard the wife, and Frank Powell the aristocrat Biograph called the viper.
- Billy Quirk, Gertrude Robinson, and Owen Moore play fleeing aristocrats. Mack Sennett, James Kirkwood, and Henry Lehrman are in the mob.
- Florence Lawrence is in the cast.
- A paper print is at the Library of Congress.
Scenes
- The aristocrat runs in from the attack on the neighboring château and is dressed as a servant.
- The husband hears the struggle, pulls the disguise off, and shoves the man out to the crowd.
Also available
- Internet Archive (NursingAViper)
