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

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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}}