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The Gibson Goddess

19096 minUnited States
Comedy

Synopsis

A woman seeking a quiet seaside holiday attracts an unwanted crowd of admirers. Her maid devises an unflattering disguise to drive them away, revealing a difference between fashionable attention and more lasting affection.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
10:03
Subtitles
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · D. W. Griffith · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsD. W. Griffith

Historical context

The comedy turns beauty from a social advantage into an obstacle to privacy. Its central test asks which admirer will remain when the expected appearance disappears.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

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  • Marion Leonard — Unknown author Unknown author; Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/movinwor14chal/page/n993 . Digitalized version of The Moving Picture World , vol. 14, no. 10, Dezember 7th, 1912, p988 · Public domain

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