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A Country Cupid

5.6/10

July 23, 1911

18 minutes

D.W. Griffith

Romance

Overview

Schoolteacher Edith breaks off her engagement after an argument with her fiancé. She writes him a note of reconciliation but throws it away. Without her knowledge, one of her students fishes it out of the trash and sends it to her fiancé. Later, Edith is alone grading papers when a man bursts in and threatens her.

Movie Details

Release Date

July 23, 1911

Runtime

18 minutes

Director

D.W. Griffith

Rating

5.6/10

Production Companies

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Cast

Blanche Sweet

Edith

Edwin August

Jack

Edna Foster

Billy

Joseph Graybill

The Half-Wit

Kate Bruce

Edith's Mother

Claire McDowell

The Half-Wit's Mother

Frank Evans

Jack's Father

Alfred Paget

A Farmer