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While the Cat’s Away
Also known as {When the Cat’s Away}
(1911) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Mary Pickford

Independent Moving Pictures Company, Incorporated [IMP] production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / Released 9 February 1911; in a split-reel with The Mirror (1911). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

[?] Drama?

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute/Parker collection) [35mm nitrate positive (acquired 1978), 35mm duplicate preservation negative, 35mm reference positive]; and in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 May 2010.

References: Edmonds-BigU p. 27; Eyman-Pickford p. 325 : Website-Legacy : with additional information provided by Christel Schmidt.