Two Memories

{{About|the 1909 film|the 2005 video game|Another Code: Two Memories}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Two Memories

| image = Two Memories (1909).webm

| caption =

| director = D. W. Griffith

| producer =

| writer = D. W. Griffith

| starring = Marion Leonard

| cinematography = G. W. Bitzer

| editing =

| distributor = Biograph Company

| released = {{Film date|1909|5|24}}

| runtime = 3 minutes (one reel)

| country = United States

| language = Silent

}}

Two Memories is a 1909 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film marks the onscreen debut of Mary Pickford.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TwoMemories1909.html |title=Two Memories |access-date=February 13, 2015 |work=Silent Era}}

Plot

Marion Francis and her sister affectionately embrace. When Henry Lawrence, Marion's boyfriend arrives, the sister leaves. At first the couple are happy. Then Henry sees a photograph that upsets him for some reason. Marion and Henry quarrel, and Henry departs.

Years later, a very ill Henry writes a letter to Marion, asking her to come see him. She is partying with friends. When she reads the letter, she merely laughs, but another woman persuades her to go see him for her own amusement. Her friends tag along. Meanwhile, Henry, holding a photograph of her, collapses on the floor. He drags himself to his chair, then dies, still holding her picture. When she arrives, she does not at first realize he is dead. When she does, she orders her still carousing friends to leave. Taking the photograph from his hand, she repents her coldheartedness.