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A Calamitous Elopement (1908)

A Calamitous Elopement poster
Directed by
D. W. Griffith
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
12 min
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young couple tries to run away together but runs into trouble. Their plan gets disrupted by unexpected complications.

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What happens

A Calamitous Elopement is a 1908 American silent short comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film is preserved in the film archive of the Library of Congress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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