The Medicine Bottle
| The Medicine Bottle | |
|---|---|
Scene with "Alice Ross" (Adele DeGarde) talking on candlestick telephone | |
| Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
| Written by | D. W. Griffith |
| Produced by | American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, Manhattan, New York |
| Starring | Florence Lawrence Adele DeGarde Marion Leonard |
| Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
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Running time | 7 minutes, 472 feet (part of split reel) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Medicine Bottle is a 1909 American silent thriller film written and directed by D. W. Griffith, produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in New York City, and starring Florence Lawrence, Adele DeGarde, and Marion Leonard. At its release in March 1909, the short was distributed to theaters on a "split reel", which was a single projection reel that accommodated more than one film. This drama shared its reel with another Biograph short directed by Griffith, the comedy Jones and His New Neighbors.
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.