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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1376

The Golden Louis

19097 minUnited States

Synopsis

A little girl begs in a snowy street while adults pursue their own distractions. A charitable coin left in her shoe draws the attention of a gambler, linking her immediate need with his hopes of a larger fortune.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 6:23
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · D. W. Griffith · Public domain

Cast

Anita Hendrie

Adele DeGarde

Owen Moore

Charles Inslee

Herbert Yost

Mack Sennett

DirectorsD. W. Griffith

Historical context

The short contrasts the child's vulnerability with the adults' treatment of money. Edward Acker supplied the story, which Biograph released alongside a separate comic subject.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

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Anita Hendrie — American Mutoscope & Biograph; http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=72434 · Public domain
Adele DeGarde — http://www.younghollywoodhof.com/adele.htm ( Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Sreejithk2000 using CommonsHelper . ) · Public domain
Owen Moore — Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research · Public domain
Charles Inslee — free-classic-movies.com; free-classic-movies.com · Public domain
Herbert Yost — The Theatre Magazine Co.; The Theatre vol. 13 - 1911 · Public domain
Mack Sennett — Author/source credit not supplied in Commons metadata; file page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MackSennett1910.jpg · Public domain

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