What's Your Hurry?
About What's Your Hurry?
At a birthday party, Mary's father is handed a double-barrel shotgun and will not put it down. Mary wants him to meet her boyfriend Harry. Harry walks in, sees the gun, and bolts. He keeps running into the old man and fleeing again, which only puzzles Papa. Papa finally drags him back to the house, and Harry is reunited with Mary.
Cast & crew
More about What's Your Hurry?
D. W. Griffith wrote and directed Biograph production no. 3621. G. W. Bitzer photographed it on September 21 and 27, 1909. Biograph copyrighted 403 feet on November 1, 1909 (J134043) and released it that day on a split reel with The Gibson Goddess.
Themes
Look
G. W. Bitzer shot the comedy in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and at the Biograph studio in New York on September 21 and 27, 1909.
Preservation
A print survives, including a paper print at the Library of Congress. Silent Era lists the film as public domain in the United States.
Notes
- Mary Pickford plays Mary, Billy Quirk plays Harry, George Nichols plays her father, and Kate Bruce plays her mother.
- Gladys Egan and Adele DeGarde play Mary's sisters. Frank Evans is the butler.
- The Library of Congress viewing print runs about 4 minutes. Silent Era lists the film as public domain in the United States.
Scenes
- Harry sees Mary's father walk in with the new shotgun and runs out of the house.
- Papa catches him at last and brings him back to Mary.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (What's your hurry (1909).webm)
- Library of Congress
