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The Curtain Pole

The Curtain Pole
PLAY partial film; runtime 00:08:00
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byG. W. Bitzer
D. W. Griffith
Mack Sennett
StarringMack Sennett
CinematographyG. W. Bitzer
Release date
  • February 15, 1909 (1909-02-15)
Running time
11-12 minutes
(1 reel, 765 feet)[1][2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles

The Curtain Pole is a 1909 American comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film still exists.[3] The film was made by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "The Curtain Pole", film promotion, The Moving Picture World (New York, N.Y.), 13 February 1909, p. 163. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ^ Kawin, Bruce F. How Movies Work. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987, pp. 46-47: a full 1000-foot reel of film in the silent era had a maximum runtime of 15-16 minutes. Silent films were generally projected at a "standard" speed of 16 frames per second, much slower than the 24 frames of later sound films. A 765-foot release in 1909 would have had a projection time of between 11-12 minutes.
  3. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Curtain Pole". Silent Era. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
  4. ^ Koszarski, Richard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8


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