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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1201

An Arcadian Maid

191016 minUnited States

Synopsis

A newly hired farm maid falls for a traveling salesman who gives her a ring and promises marriage. After losing money at gambling, he persuades her to steal from her employer. Waiting for the promised escape brings her to the realization that she has been deceived.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 12:30
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · D. W. Griffith · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

Cast

Mary Pickford

DirectorsD. W. Griffith

Behind the scenes

Mary Pickford and Mack Sennett play the trusting worker and opportunistic visitor. Griffith builds the short around a domestic hiding place, a false promise and the possibility of returning what was taken.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 15, 2026.

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Mary Pickford — Rufus Porter Moody · Public domain

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