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The Adventures of Dollie (1908)

The Adventures of Dollie poster
Directed by
D. W. Griffith
Genre
drama film, action film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
12 min
Rated
NR
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young girl is grabbed by a peddler and locked in a barrel. The barrel drifts down a river heading toward a waterfall.

suspensefulhistoricalgrimvisually starkrestrainedurgent

What happens

The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith in his directorial debut. A print of the film survives in the Library of Congress film archive. The story follows a young girl who is kidnapped by a peddler and sealed inside a barrel that floats down a river toward a waterfall. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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