Balked at the Altar

Balked at the Altar
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byD. W. Griffith
Produced byAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph Company
New York City
StarringMabel Stoughton
CinematographyArthur Marvin
Release date
  • August 25, 1908 (1908-08-25)
Running time
11-12 minutes (16 frame/s; original film length 703 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles
Play film; runtime 00:09:25.

Balked at the Altar is a 1908 American short comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress.[1] The film was made by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century.[2]

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Balked at the Altar". Silent Era. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
  2. ^ Koszarski, Richard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8