A New Trick (1909)

Directed by

D. W. Griffith

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

2 min

Rating

1.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short silent crime comedy from the early 1900s. It follows a playful scheme that someone pulls off. The film is quick and funny in a simple way.

light-heartedwhimsicalplayfulbriskamusingfolksyold-fashioned

What happens

A New Trick is a silent American crime comedy film directed and written by D. W. Griffith, released in 1909. A production of Biograph Company, the short film was distributed as a split reel with The Lonely Villa. Shot in Edgewater, New Jersey, the film starred Marion Leonard, Mack Sennett, Herbert Prior, and Arthur V. Johnson. A 1909 article in The Monroe News-Star called A New Trick "one of the cleverest bits of comedy Biograph has yet turned out", describing it as "short and snappy". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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