The Little Darling
| The Little Darling | |
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| Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
| Produced by | Biograph Company |
| Starring | Mary Pickford |
| Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Biograph Company |
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Running time | 3 minutes (original release length 211 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Little Darling is a 1909 comedy short produced by the Biograph Company of New York, directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford. It was released to theaters on a split reel with Griffith's eleven-minute drama The Sealed Room.[1]
Plot
[edit]A woman who runs a boarding house receives a letter from a friend notifying her that she is sending her little darling daughter. The boarders, all young men, go to a store and buy toys and a baby carriage, while the woman gets a crib. Two of the boarders go to the train station to wait for the child. However, the little darling turns out to be a young woman.
Cast
[edit]- Mary Pickford as Little Darling
- Charles Avery in boarding house
- Verner Clarges in boarding house
- John R. Cumpson in boarding house
- Robert Harron
- Arthur V. Johnson in boarding house
- James Kirkwood Sr. in store
- Owen Moore in boarding house
- George Nichols in store
- Anthony O'Sullivan in boarding house
- Lottie Pickford
- Billy Quirk in boarding house
- Gertrude Robinson in store
- Mack Sennett in boarding house
- Kate Toncray
- Henry B. Walthall in boarding house
- Dorothy West
Filming
[edit]The production was filmed in two days, July 27 and August 3, 1909, and at two locations: on interior sets in Biograph's Manhattan studio at 11 East 14th Street and on location at Cuddebackville, New York.
Preservation
[edit]A paper print is preserved.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Little Darling". Silent Era. Retrieved May 26, 2025.