The Trick that Failed
Movie

The Trick that Failed

4.0/10
1909
0h 7m
en

Overview

Nellie is a struggling artist whose paintings lie unsold. Billy, a successful painter, loves her, but she tells him that she cannot marry until she sells her paintings. Billy recruits his friends to buy her paintings. At first she is excited by the sudden success, but when she learns the truth, Nellie leaves her sweetheart to accept the proposal of a rival painter.

Director

D.W. Griffith

Movie Information

Release Date

November 29, 1909

Runtime

0h 7m

Status

Released

Original Language

en

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Production

American Mutoscope & Biograph