A Wreath in Time

A Wreath in Time
Still with (from left) Florence Lawrence, an unidentified performer as the maid, and Mack Sennett
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byD. W. Griffith
Produced byBiograph Company
Manhattan, New York
StarringMack Sennett
Florence Lawrence
CinematographyG. W. Bitzer
Release date
  • February 8, 1909 (1909-02-08)
Running time
9 minutes (split-reel, 558 feet)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

A Wreath in Time is a 1909 American silent comedy film written and directed by D. W. Griffith, produced by the Biograph Company of New York City, and co-starring Mack Sennett and Florence Lawrence.[2] At its release in February 1909, the short was distributed to theaters on a "split reel", which was a single reel that accommodated more than one film. A Wreath in Time shared its reel with another Biograph short also directed by Griffith, the drama Edgar Allen Poe [sic].[1][a] Original paper rolls of contact prints of both motion pictures, as well as safety-stock copies of the two films, are preserved in the Library of Congress.[2][3]

Promotion of film's split-reel release with Edgar Allen Poe (1909)
  1. ^ a b Advertisement for the two 1909 Biograph split-reel releases Edgar Allen Poe [sic] and A Wreath in Time; published in the trade journal The Moving Picture World, 6 February 1909, p. 135. Internet Archive (IA), San Francisco, California. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b Niver, Kemp R. Early Motion Pictures: The Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress, "A Wreath in Time". Washington, D.C.: Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, 1985, p. 370. HathiTrust Digital Library. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ "A Wreath in Time". Silent Era. Retrieved January 4, 2014.


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