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1908 film

An Awful Moment
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byD. W. Griffith
StarringGeorge Gebhardt
CinematographyArthur Marvin
Release date
  • December 18, 1908 (1908-12-18)
Running timeOriginal duration 12 minutes (one reel)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent
Play film; runtime 00:08:03

An Awful Moment is a 1908 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the "one-reeler" is preserved in the film archive of the Library of Congress.

Plot

Judge Mowbray sentences a man, at which a gypsy woman protests. The Judge later goes home and sees his wife and daughter. However the gypsy woman breaks into his house. She knocks out Mrs. Mowbray, gags her and ties her to a chair. She sets up a gun to shoot her dead when the door is opened. However the daughter wakes up and is able to tell her father, who saves his wife, and the gypsy woman is arrested.

Cast

References

  1. "An Awful Moment". Silent Era. Retrieved January 2, 2014.

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Films directed by D. W. Griffith
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914–1931


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