A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Henry B. Walthall (left), Marion Leonard and Gladys Egan. Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Henry B. Walthall [Arthur Rogers, the father], Marion Leonard [Helen Rogers. the mother], Gladys Egan [the Rogers’ daughter], John Tansey [the Rogers’ son], W. Chrystie Miller [the grandfather], Mack Sennett [the bartender], William J. Butler [the attorney; and a man in the bar], Kate Bruce [the maid], Anthony O’Sullivan [a man in the bar], Charles Craig [a man in the bar]

Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 23 December 1909 by Biograph Company [J136186]. Released 20 December 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm positive paper print]; and in the film holdings of Worldview Entertainment (Paul Killiam collection).

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Alcohol: Drunkeness - Bars - Employment agencies - Handwriting - Holidays: Christmas - Inheritances - Letters - Poverty - Santa Claus

Listing updated: 22 April 2025.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 42; Sloan-Loud pp. 47, 48, 152; Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.