The Country Doctor (1909 film)

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The Country Doctor
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Directed by D. W. Griffith
Written byD. W. Griffith
Starring Kate Bruce
Cinematography G. W. Bitzer
Distributed by Biograph Studios
Release date
  • July 8, 1909 (1909-07-08)
Running time
Original length 942 feet (15 minutes) [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Play film; runtime 00:15:31

The Country Doctor is a 1909 American short silent drama film written and directed by D. W. Griffith. Currently in the public domain, prints of The Country Doctor are preserved at the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress. [2]

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Plot

A doctor (Frank Powell) leaves his sick daughter (Adele DeGarde) to assist a neighbor that is gravely ill, and ignores his wife's requests to come home and take care of his own daughter who is getting worse.

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References

  1. "The Country Doctor", film promotion, The Moving Picture World (New York, N.Y.), 3 July 1909, p. 5. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Country Doctor". Silent Era. Retrieved July 16, 2008.