An Awful Moment

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| name = An Awful Moment

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| director = D. W. Griffith

| producer =

| writer = D. W. Griffith

| starring = George Gebhardt

| cinematography = Arthur Marvin

| editing =

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1908|12|18}}

| runtime = Original duration 12 minutes (one reel)

| country = United States

| language = Silent

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An Awful Moment is a 1908 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the "one-reeler" is preserved in the film archive of the Library of Congress.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/AwfulMoment1908.html |title=An Awful Moment |access-date=January 2, 2014 |work=Silent Era}}

Plot

Judge Mowbray sentences a man, at which a gypsy woman protests. The Judge later goes home and sees his wife and daughter. However the gypsy woman breaks into his house. She knocks out Mrs. Mowbray, gags her and ties her to a chair. She sets up a gun to shoot her dead when the door is opened. However the daughter wakes up and is able to tell her father, who saves his wife, and the gypsy woman is arrested.

Cast

George Gebhardt as Matteo Rettazzi / Policeman
Marion Leonard as Fiammetta, Matteo's Wife
Harry Solter as Judge Mowbray
Florence Lawrence as Mrs. Mowbray
Gladys Egan as The Mowbrays' Daughter
Linda Arvidson as The Maid
Florence Barker
Dorothy Bernard
Kate Bruce
Charles Gorman
Gertrude Robinson as Woman in Court
Mack Sennett as Policeman / Man in Court
Dorothy West

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0000640|An Awful Moment}}

Category:1908 films

Category:1908 drama films

Category:1908 short films

Category:Silent American drama short films

Category:Surviving American silent films

Category:American black-and-white films

Category:Short films directed by D. W. Griffith

Category:Articles containing video clips

Category:1900s American films

Category:1900s English-language films

Category:English-language drama short films