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The Country Doctor is a 1909 American short silent drama film written and directed by D. W. Griffith. Currently in the public domain, prints of The Country Doctor are preserved at the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress.[2]

The Country Doctor
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Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	D. W. Griffith
Starring	Kate Bruce
Cinematography	G. W. Bitzer
Distributed by	Biograph Studios
Release date	July 8, 1909 (1909-07-08)
Running time	Original length 942 feet (15 minutes)[1]
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Plot

A doctor (Frank Powell) leaves his sick daughter (Adele DeGarde) to assist a neighbor that is gravely ill, and ignores his wife's requests to come home and take care of his own daughter who is getting worse.

Cast

• Kate Bruce as Poor Mother (uncredited)
• Adele DeGarde as Poor Mother's Sick Daughter (uncredited)
• Gladys Egan as Edith Harcourt – Daughter (uncredited)
• Rose King as Maid (uncredited)
• Florence Lawrence as Mrs. Harcourt (uncredited)
• Mary Pickford as Poor Mother's Elder Daughter (uncredited)
• Frank Powell as Doctor Harcourt (uncredited)

See also

• List of American films of 1909
• 1909 in film
• D. W. Griffith filmography
• Treasures from American Film Archives

References

External links

• The Country Doctor at IMDb
• The Country Doctor at the Internet Archive

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