Their First Misunderstanding
{{Short description|1911 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Their First Misunderstanding
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| producer = Carl Laemmle
| writer = George Loane Tucker
| starring = Mary Pickford
| cinematography = Tony Gaudio
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| studio = Independent Moving Pictures
| distributor = Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Company
| released = {{film date|1911|1|9}}
| runtime = 10 minutes (one reel; 304 meters)
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
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Their First Misunderstanding is a 1911 American short silent drama film directed by Thomas H. Ince and George Loane Tucker and starring Mary Pickford and Owen Moore. Pickford and Moore married on January 7, 1911.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TheirFirstMisunderstan1911.html |title=Their First Misunderstanding (1911) |access-date=September 25, 2013 |website=Silent Era}}
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Mary Pickford as Mae Darcy
- Owen Moore as Tom Owen
- Thomas H. Ince in crowd at train station
- Ben Turpin in crowd at train station
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Preservation status
Their First Misunderstanding was believed to be a lost film until a copy was discovered in a barn in New Hampshire in 2006.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24239579 |title=Lost Mary Pickford Film to Be Screened |access-date=September 25, 2013 |work=BBC News |date=September 25, 2013}} The film is intact, apart from the first minute, which had disintegrated over time.{{cite web |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/lost-mary-pickford-film-found-in-barn-to-be-screened-next-month-1.1468014 |title=Lost Mary Pickford Film Found in Barn to Be Screened Next Month |access-date=September 25, 2013 |website=CTV News |date=September 24, 2013}} The remaining footage was restored and is currently preserved at the Library of Congress and the Keene State College Film Society.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24275363 |title=Silent Film Star Footage Discovered and Restored |access-date=April 9, 2014 |work=BBC News}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0001923|Their First Misunderstanding}}
{{Thomas H. Ince}}
{{George Loane Tucker}}
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Category:1910s English-language films
Category:1910s rediscovered films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:English-language drama short films
Category:Films directed by Thomas H. Ince
Category:Films directed by George Loane Tucker
Category:Films produced by Carl Laemmle
Category:Independent Moving Pictures films
Category:Rediscovered American films
Category:Silent American drama short films
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