The Golden Louis

The Golden Louis
Play film; runtime 00:06:13.
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byEdward Acker[1]
Produced byBiograph Company
New York City[2]
CinematographyArthur Marvin
Release date
  • February 22, 1909 (1909-02-22)
Running time
6-7 minutes
(474 feet, originally part of 1000-foot split reel)[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English title card

The Golden Louis is a 1909 American drama film written by Edward Acker, directed by D. W. Griffith, and produced by the Biograph Company in New York City.[1] Originally, this short was distributed to theaters on a "split reel", accompanying another Griffith-directed film, the comedy The Politician's Love Story.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Edward Acker”, The Moving Picture World (New York, N.Y.), 30 September 1916, p. 2114. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "The Golden Louis (1909)", American Film Institute (AFI), Los Angeles, California. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  3. ^ Brownlow, Kevin (Summer 1980). "Silent Films: What Was the Right Speed?". Sight & Sound. pp. 164–167. Archived from the original on November 9, 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2021.