Movie

The Trick that Failed

(en)

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4.0

1909

7m

The Trick that Failed

Overview: Nellie is a struggling artist whose paintings lie unsold. Billy, a successful painter, loves her, but she tells him that she cannot marry until she sells her paintings. Billy recruits his friends to buy her paintings. At first she is excited by the sudden success, but when she learns the truth, Nellie leaves her sweetheart to accept the proposal of a rival painter.

Status: Released

Release date: November 29, 1909

Countries of origin: United States of America,

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Production company:
  • American Mutoscope & Biograph

Top Cast

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

as Nellie Burt

Arthur V. Johnson

Arthur V. Johnson

as Billy Hart

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