The Lady and the mouse
Sign in to track this film in your collection or want list.
Duration: 15
Year Published: 1913
Creator: Museum of Modern Art
Format: 16mm
Color: B&W
Sound: silent
Description: The plot focuses on a shopkeeper beset by creditors, his two daughters and a gentleman disguised as a tramp who comes to their aid. One of Griffith's most complex one-reel Biograph films with over 100 shots, the film takes advantage of Lillian Gish's mime expertise as she tries to kill a mouse. In this central scene there are 28 shots between the first close-up of the mouse and its final escape.
Complete Record: The plot focuses on a shopkeeper beset by creditors, his two daughters and a gentleman disguised as a tramp who comes to their aid. One of Griffith's most complex one-reel Biograph films with over 100 shots, the film takes advantage of Lillian Gish's mime expertise as she tries to kill a mouse. In this central scene there are 28 shots between the first close-up of the mouse and its final escape.
1 user has this film:
New York Public Library
Related films:
- Sydney Harbour Bridge (1977) · Museum of Modern Art
- Breathdeath, a trageede in masks (1963) · Museum of Modern Art
- Fuji (1974) · Museum of Modern Art
- Jamestown baloos (1957) · Museum of Modern Art
- German newsreel, 1940 (1940) · Museum of Modern Art
- Zorns lemma (1970) · Museum of Modern Art
- Ex-convict (1904) · Museum of Modern Art
- Correction please, or how we get into pictures (1979) · Museum of Modern Art
Original permalink · Record added: 2024-05-11 17:12:42