They Would Elope
6.5
Two lovers elope and expect to be pursued by her father. But the clever father has tricked them into running off, and celebrates their wedding when they return home.
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Cast
15 people
Billy Quirk
Harry
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Canned Harmony
Mary Pickford
Bessie
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The Lonely Villa
James Kirkwood
The Father
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
The Lonely Villa
Kate Bruce
The Mother
Known for
Way Down East
A Corner in Wheat
William J. Butler
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
John R. Cumpson
Known for
Those Awful Hats
Gladys Egan
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
The Lonely Villa
Robert Harron
Known for
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Birth of a Nation
Arthur V. Johnson
Known for
Those Awful Hats
A Corner in Wheat
Owen Moore
Known for
She Done Him Wrong
A Star Is Born
Anthony O'Sullivan
Also in
The Black Hand
The Usurer
Gertrude Robinson
Known for
Those Awful Hats
D.W. Griffith Director · Stanner E.V. Taylor Writer Billy Bitzer Cinematographer
United States release August 9, 1909 · Produced in United States · Production American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production
Biograph Company
Production
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · August 9, 1909
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