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Lady Helen's Escapade (1909)

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Lady Helen's Escapade (1909)

Name: Lady Helen's Escapade
Genre: Adventure
Released: 1909-04-19

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Plot.

A bored Lady Helen goes slumming as a domestic in a boarding house. There she falls in love with a sensitive young musician. The other women in the house are jealous, and accuse her of trying to steal the musician's violin. Lady Helen retreats to her own home, and arranges a position for the musician which allows them to be together.

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Cast & Crew.

Florence Lawrence

Lady Helen

Anita Hendrie

The Friend

Arthur V. Johnson

The Diner Guest

Dorothy Bernard

Actress

John R. Cumpson

Dinner Guest

Charles Inslee

The Father

David Miles

The Musician

Owen Moore

The Boyfriend

Herbert Prior

The Footman

Jeanie Macpherson

Second Maid (unconfirmed)

Mack Sennett

Dinner Guest

Dorothy West

First Maid

D.W. Griffith

Director

Vivian Prescott

Actress

Billy Bitzer

Cinematography

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Writer

Details.

Release Date
April 19, 1909

Status
Released

Running Time
8m

Filming Locations
Fort Lee, United States

Genres
Adventure

Last updated: 2025-04-17

Wiki.

Lady Helen's Escapade is a short American comedy film produced in 1909, directed by D. W. Griffith. It is about the escapades of Lady Helen working as a domestic in a boarding house.

In 2004, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for the National Film Registry.