Two Memories
About Two Memories
Henry Lawrence and Marion Francis quarrel and part. Ten years later he is dying and asks her to come. She laughs, throws the note down, then arrives with a crowd of friends from a party. She finds him dead, holding her photograph. She sends the friends out and stays with the picture.
Cast & crew
More about Two Memories
D. W. Griffith wrote and directed it. Shot at Biograph's New York studio. It shared a split reel with Eloping with Auntie. Copyright H127384, May 22, 1909. The negative was 318 feet.
Themes
Reviews
Moving Picture World, May 29, 1909, said the Biograph star made the events live in front of the audience, and that the film was technically almost without a flaw.
Look
G. W. Bitzer photographed the split-reel drama in the New York studio.
Preservation
The split-reel subject survives in circulating copies. A paper-era Biograph record lists 318 feet.
Notes
- Marion Leonard plays Marion Francis. David Miles plays Henry Lawrence. Mary Pickford plays Marion's sister.
- AFI notes that some sources call this Pickford's first released film, though she had already appeared as an extra in Her First Biscuits (1909).
- Moving Picture World of May 29, 1909 said the influence was depressing and that the star made the events live.
- A circulating copy runs closer to six minutes than the three minutes listed for the 318-foot split-reel section.
Scenes
- Marion drops the dying man's note and later walks in with her friends.
- She finds him dead, clutching her picture, and sends the party out.
