A Trap for Santa Claus

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A Trap for Santa Claus (1909)
by David Llewelyn Wark Griffith
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A 1909 American silent drama film; featuring Mack Sennett as the Bartender.
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Cast and Crew
Cast
RoleActor
Henry B. Walthall
Marion Leonard
Gladys Egan
Kate Bruce
William J. Butler
W. Chrystie Miller
John Tansey
Charles Craig
Anthony O'Sullivan
Mack Sennett
Crew
Production companyBiograph Company
DistributorBiograph Company
DirectorD. W. Griffith (d. 1948)
CinematographerBilly Bitzer (d. 1944)
Based on available information, the latest crew member that is relevant to international copyright laws died in 1948, meaning that this film may be in the public domain in countries and jurisdictions with 75 years p.m.a. or less, as well as in the United States.
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3721589A Trap for Santa Claus1909David Llewelyn Wark Griffith

A TRAP
FOR SANTA

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY
BIOGRAPH COMPANY
NEW YORK

NO WORK FOR THE FATHER, MISERY AND WANT THE FAMILY'S LOT

CRUSHED IN SPIRIT, THE MAN SEEKS SOLACE IN DRINK

HELPLESS, THE FATHER LEAVES THE HOUSE OF SORROW

Dear Helen
you will be better off
without me. I leave for
good. May God help you.

Arthur

Employment Agency

THE AUNT'S ESTATE LONG IN LITIGATION, HAD BEEN SETTLED, LEAVING THE MOTHER A MODERATE FORTUNE

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

THERE IS NO CHIMNEY SO SANTA CLAUS WILL COME THROUGH THE WINDOW

THE CHILDREN SET A TRAP FOR SANTA

GRIM MISFORTUNE FORCES THE FATHER TO DESPERATE DEEDS


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1948, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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