The Trick that Failed (1909)
7m
Running Time
November 29, 1909Release Date
The Trick that Failed (1909)
7m
Running Time
November 29, 1909Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Release DateNovember 29, 1909
StatusReleased
Running Time7m
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The Trick That Failed is a 1909 American silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford.