Pippa Passes (film)

Pippa Passes; or, The Song of Conscience is a 1909 silent short directed D. W. Griffith. It was produced and distributed by the Biograph Company. It is based on a play Pippa Passes by Robert Browning.

It is preserved from a paper print.

New York Times milestone

On October 10, 1909 – six days after its release – Pippa Passes became the first motion picture ever reviewed by The New York Times.

Cast

• Gertrude Robinson – Pippa
• George Nichols – Pippa's Husband
• Arthur V. Johnson – Luca
• Marion Leonard – Ottima
• Owen Moore – Sibald

continuing cast

• Linda Arvidson – Greek Model
• Clara T. Bracy –
• Adele DeGarde –
• James Kirkwood – In Bar
• Anthony O'Sullivan – In Studio
• Mary Pickford – Girl in Crowd
• Billy Quirk – In Studio
• Mack Sennett – In Studio
• Henry B. Walthall –

Bibliography

Notes

References

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<div style="margin-left:6em">Note: The author, Linda Arvidson, who played a Greek model in the 1909 film, Pippa Passes, was, from 1906 to 1936, married to the director, David Wark Griffith (1875–1948).</div>

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External links

• Pippa Passes at IMDb.com