The Curtain Pole Explained

The Curtain Pole
Director:	D. W. Griffith
Starring:	Mack Sennett
Cinematography:	G. W. Bitzer
Runtime:	11-12 minutes (1 reel, 765 feet)^[1] ^[2]
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent with English intertitles

The Curtain Pole is a 1909 American comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film still exists.^[3] The film was made by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century.

Cast

• Mack Sennett as Monsieur Dupont
• Harry Solter as Mr. Edwards
• Florence Lawrence as Mrs. Edwards

See also

• List of American films of 1909
• D. W. Griffith filmography

External links

• • The Curtain Pole available for free download at the Internet Archive

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/details/moviwor04chal/page/162/mode/2up?view=theater "The Curtain Pole"
2. Kawin, Bruce F. How Movies Work. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987, pp. 46-47: a full 1000-foot reel of film in the silent era had a maximum runtime of 15-16 minutes. Silent films were generally projected at a "standard" speed of 16 frames per second, much slower than the 24 frames of later sound films. A 765-foot release in 1909 would have had a projection time of between 11-12 minutes.
3. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Curtain Pole . 2008-03-06. Silent Era.