The Curtain Pole

The Curtain Pole is a 1909 American silent comedy movie directed by D. W. Griffith[3][4] and stars Mack Sennett, Harry Solter, and Florence Lawrence.

The Curtain Pole
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Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byG. W. Bitzer
D. W. Griffith
Mack Sennett
StarringMack Sennett
CinematographyG. W. Bitzer
Release date
  • February 15, 1909 (1909-02-15)
Running time
11-12 minutes
(1 reel, 765 feet)[1][2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles

Actors

References

  1. "The Curtain Pole", film promotion, The Moving Picture World (New York, N.Y.), 13 February 1909, p. 163. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. Kawin, Bruce F. How Movies Work. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987, pp. 46-47: a full 1000-foot reel of film in the silent era had a maximum runtime of 15-16 minutes. Silent films were generally projected at a "standard" speed of 16 frames per second, much slower than the 24 frames of later sound films. A 765-foot release in 1909 would have had a projection time of between 11-12 minutes.
  3. The Curtain Pole
  4. David Kalat. Too Funny for Words

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