The Cord of Life
About The Cord of Life
Antonine, played by George Gebhardt, asks his cousin Galora for money and is thrown out of the tenement. While Galora is away and his wife, Marion Leonard, steps next door, Antonine puts their baby in a basket and lowers it from a fifth-floor window on a short rope held by the sash. He then goes after Galora and is arrested before he can kill him. Galora races home. Raising the window would drop the child, so he has the policemen lower the top sash, hang him by his feet, and he lifts the baby back into the room.
Cast & crew
More about The Cord of Life
D. W. Griffith wrote and directed the Biograph one-reeler, released January 28, 1909. Charles Inslee plays Galora. G. W. Bitzer and Arthur Marvin are the cameramen. Wikidata also lists Edwin S. Porter as producer. The Biograph bulletin calls the story a Sicilian's vengeance.
Themes
Look
G. W. Bitzer and Arthur Marvin photographed the tenement, including the basket hung outside the fifth-floor sash.
Preservation
A print is in the Library of Congress film archive.
Notes
- A print is in the Library of Congress.
- Linda Arvidson and John R. Cumpson appear as tenement neighbors.
Scenes
- Antonine pins the rope under the window sash so that opening the window would drop the basket.
- Galora, held by his ankles, reaches down through the lowered top sash and brings the baby in.
Also available
- Internet Archive (TheCordOfLife)
- Library of Congress
