All on Account of the Milk

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All on Account of the Milk
PLAY film; runtime at reduced speed 00:16:36.
Directed by Frank Powell
Produced by D. W. Griffith
Starring Mary Pickford
Blanche Sweet
Cinematography Arthur Marvin
Distributed by Biograph Company
Release date
  • January 15, 1910 (1910-01-15)
Running time
11 minutes
(1 reel, 989 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles

All on Account of the Milk is a 1910 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Powell and starring Mary Pickford and Blanche Sweet. The short was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey, the Biograph Company using one of the many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry that were based there at the beginning of the 20th century. [1] [2] [3] A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress. [4] The film was distributed as a one reel production. [5]

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Preservation

Paper print preservation Library of Congress collection. [6]

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References

  1. Koszarski, Richard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN   0-86196-653-8
  2. "Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commission. Archived from the original on April 5, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  3. Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN   0-7385-4501-5
  4. "Silent Era: All on Account of the Milk". silentera. Retrieved July 3, 2008.
  5. "Pastime Theatre, Friday--Saturday". East Oregonian : E.O. Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon. September 18, 1914. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  6. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress(<-book title) p.4 c.1978 The American Film Institute