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Arthur Johnson and Joseph Graybill
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Produced by Biograph Company
Scenario by Dell Henderson
Starring W. Chrystie Miller, Joseph Graybill, Stephanie Longfellow, Verner Clarges, George Nichols, Arthur V. Johnson, Robert Harron
Cinematography Billy Bitzer
Distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated
Release date December 19, 1910
Running time 14 min.
Country United States
Language Silent film, English intertitles
This film is part of our Silent Gems Collection and the DVD is available on Ebay. This film is on DVD "D.W. Griffith Rare Shorts disc 3". You can also obtain the films from our Silent Gems Collection as a reward for donation. For details click here.
This film is part of our series 'Hidden Gems'. It can be watched by registered users who make a donation. For more details, please click here.
"The Lesson" is a short drama, included in our program to illustrate the work of our stars Arthur Johnson, Robert Harron and cinematographer Billy Bitzer.
A drunkard gets in trouble with the law while his father is on his deathbed.
Robert Harron
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A Special Announcement
As part of our Silent Gems Collection of rare high quality films we have released a set of discs named: D.W. Griffith Rare Shorts.
This D.W. Griffith collection contains 82 films on 13 DVDs. It complements D.W. Griffith's rare shorts that we have previously released in the Mary Pickford collection (36 films on 4 DVDs), the Arthur Johnson collection (9 films on 2 DVDs), the Robert Harron collection (6 films on 1 DVD) and the Florence Lawrence collection (11 films on 1 DVD).
PLEASE NOTE: THE FILMS IN THIS COLLECTION HAVE AN IMPROVED IMAGE QUALITY AND OFFER A BETTER VIEWING EXPERIENCE COMPARED TO OTHER DVD MAKERS' RELEASES.
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