The Voice of the Violin (film)
| The Voice of the Violin | |
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| Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
| Written by | D. W. Griffith |
| Produced by | Biograph Company |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer, Arthur Marvin |
| Distributed by | Biograph Company |
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Running time | 16 minutes |
| Countries | United States, filmed in West 12th Street, Manhattan, New York, USA |
| Language | Silent |
The Voice of the Violin is a 1909 short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It is preserved from a paper print at the Library of Congress and a 35 mm print at the George Eastman Museum. Arthur V. Johnson is a musician, who makes a living with classes of violin. He and his student Marion Leonard like each other a lot, but she rejects him for being too poor for her. He then decides to join a communist group and fight for equality of all. Right away, he draws a lot to plant the next bomb in a rich man's house. With the plot under way, he realizes that this is the home of his love interest, and he desperately tries to prevent the bomb from exploding.