The Curtain Pole
1909 | 10m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | D.W. Griffith |
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| Writer: | D.W. Griffith, Mack Sennett, Billy Bitzer |
| Staring: |
| An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumulating an ever-growing entourage chasing him, until he escapes them through a bit of movie magic, only to discover that the pole has already been replaced. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 15, 1909 |
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| Director: | D.W. Griffith |
| Writer: | D.W. Griffith, Mack Sennett, Billy Bitzer |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | chase, drunk, horse carriage, angry mob |
| Production Companies | American Mutoscope & Biograph |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 01, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Mack Sennett | Monsieur Dupont |
| Harry Solter | Mr. Edwards |
| Florence Lawrence | Mrs. Edwards |
| Linda Arvidson | Party planner / Woman on street |
| Jeanie Macpherson | Party planner / Nurse with buggy |
| Arthur V. Johnson | Man in bar / Vegetable vendor / Party guest |
| Clara T. Bracy | |
| George Gebhardt | Man in top hat |
| Name | Job |
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| D.W. Griffith | Director, Writer |
| Mack Sennett | Writer |
| Billy Bitzer | Story, Director of Photography |
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
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