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Cupid’s Pranks
(1908) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 935 feet
Directed by J. Searle Dawley

Cast: Violette Hill [Cupid], Miss Murray [woman], Mr. Barry [lover], Lawrence Griffith (D.W. Griffith) [extra, at the ball]

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by Edwin S. Porter. / © 19 February 1908 by Thomas A. Edison [H106508, H106509, H106510, H106511, H106512, H106513, H106514]. Released 29 February 1908. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 5, 7, 9-10 February 1908.

Comedy.

Synopsis: Synopses available in Usai-Griffith-1 pp. 10-11.

Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm nitrate negative (incomplete)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 7 October 2014.

References: Usai-Griffith-1 pp. 10-11; Whitfield-Pickford p. 72 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.