| Jones and His New Neighbors | |
|---|---|
 Biograph promotion for the film and its split-reel companion The Medicine Bottle | |
| Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
| Written by | Frank E. Woods |
| Produced by | American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, Manhattan, New York |
| Starring | John R. Cumpson Florence Lawrence Anita Hendrie |
| Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes, 454 feet (part of split reel)[1][a] |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Jones and His New Neighbors is a 1909 American silent comedy film written by Frank E. Woods and directed by D. W. Griffith. Produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in New York City, the short stars John R. Cumpson, Florence Lawrence, and Anita Hendrie. It is one film in a series of 1908 and 1909 Biograph pictures in which Cumpson and Lawrence performed together as the married couple Mr. and Mrs. Jones.[2][3] When this comedy was released in March 1909, it was distributed to theaters on a "split reel", which was a single projection reel that accommodated more than one motion picture. It shared its reel with another Biograph short directed by Griffith, the dramatic "thriller" The Medicine Bottle.[4]
Original contact-print paper rolls of both motion pictures, as well as projectable safety-stock copies of them, are preserved in the Library of Congress.[3]
- ^ Advertisement for the two 1909 Biograph split-reel releases The Medicine Bottle and Jones And His New Neighbors; published in the trade journal The Moving Picture World, 27 March 1909, p. 357. Internet Archive (hereinafter cited "I.A."), San Francisco, California. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Jones and His New Neighbors (1909)", catalog, American Film Institute (AFI), Los Angeles, California (hereinafter cited "AFI"). Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ a b Niver, Kemp R. (compiler). Early Motion Pictures: The Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress, "Jones and His New Neighbors", p. 170. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, 1985. HathiTrust Digital Library. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "The Medicine Bottle (1909)", AFI. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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