Adventures of Dollie - movie film screenshot

After an altercation with her father, a vengeful gypsy kidnaps little Dollie from her family's yard. She is placed in a barrel which travels down a stream and over a waterfall. As her father searches frantically for her, a young angler fishes the barrel from the river, and the family is reunited.
H113248 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 10July1908; H113248.
Camera, Arthur Marvin.
Arthur Johnson (Father), Linda Arvidson (Mother), Charles Inslee (Gypsy Man), Madeline West (Gypsy Woman).
Though Gladys Egan is often credited with playing the title role of Dollie, she is not credited for the role in The Griffith project, v. 1. According to a post in the weblog, 11 East 14th Street, "Gladys Egan first appeared in Biograph films in 1908 as the daughter of Florence Lawrence in Behind the scenes, and in more than 70 short films directed by D. W. Griffith from 1908 to 1912. Although she is often credited with playing the title role in Griffith's first directorial effort, The adventures of Dollie, this is not evident in a review of the records or the film itself".
Biograph production no. 3454.
Paper print shelf number (LC 2249) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
Filmed on June 18-19, 1908 at Sound Beach, Connecticut.
Sources used: Cooper, G. D.W. Griffith and the Biograph Company, 1985, p. 20; Brion, P. D.W. Griffith, 1982, p. 93; Catalog of copyright entries, motion pictures, 1894-1912; The Griffith project, v. 1, 1907-1908; 11 East 14th Street weblog, posted June 18, 2014, viewed February 27, 2015.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.