The Gibson Goddess
About The Gibson Goddess
Nanette Ranfrea leaves society for a quiet seaside resort and is followed by a crowd of men anyway. Her maid dresses her in a bathing suit with stockings stuffed with cotton so her legs look misshapen. The admirers scatter except Commodore Fitzmaurice, who stays. When the others see the stuffing come off, she chooses him.
Cast & crew
More about The Gibson Goddess
D. W. Griffith wrote and directed the short for American Mutoscope and Biograph. Copyright J134044, November 1, 1909. The negative was 576 feet.
Themes
Look
Billy Bitzer photographed the Biograph short.
Preservation
A viewing copy circulates from the Biograph negative. The film is public domain in the United States.
Notes
- Marion Leonard plays Nanette. Dorothy West plays the maid. Anthony O'Sullivan plays Commodore Fitzmaurice.
- Mack Sennett, Arthur V. Johnson, James Kirkwood, and Billy Quirk play admirers.
- Mary Pickford and Kate Bruce appear on the sidewalk. George Nichols plays the manager of the beach house.
- Moving Picture World noted the release in its November 6, 1909 issue.
Scenes
- Nanette walks out in cotton-stuffed stockings and the crowd of men breaks up.
- Fitzmaurice stays, and she picks him once the trick is exposed.
