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The Adventures of Dollie

190812 minUnited States
DramaAdventure
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
12:49
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · D. W. Griffith · Public domain

Synopsis

A family outing by the river becomes a search when a rejected peddler abducts the young daughter. Hidden inside a barrel, the child is carried away in a wagon before an accident drops her into the water. The current takes the barrel toward further danger, leaving her rescue dependent on someone noticing what appears to be an ordinary floating object.

Cast

DirectorsD. W. Griffith

Behind the scenes

Griffith's first film as director was made for Biograph. The story joins a domestic threat to the movement of the river, allowing suspense to continue even after the child is hidden from both her pursuers and the viewer.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 12, 2026.

Photograph credit

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  • Arthur V. Johnson — Unknown author Unknown author; Filmland favorites; being the autographed photographs with biographical sketches of the leading photo play stars (1915). Book available online at: https://archive.org/details/filmlandfavorite00losa · Public domain
  • Linda Arvidson — No photographer credited; Image of "Linda Griffith" published in The Moving Picture News (New York, N.Y.), 16 August 1913, p. 11; digital copy from Internet Archive (San Francisco, California): https://archive.org/details/movingpicturenew81unse/page/n250/mode/2up · Public domain
  • Gladys Egan — Unknown author Unknown author; https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250676/mediaindex?ref_=nm_phs_md_sm at International Movie Database · Public domain
  • Charles Inslee — free-classic-movies.com; free-classic-movies.com · Public domain

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