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The Gibson Goddess
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Wikipedia article
'The Gibson Goddess' is a 1909 short comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress', (<-book title) p.67 c.1978 by The American Film Institute It stars Marion Leonard.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/GibsonGoddess1909.html 'The Gibson Goddess' at silentera.com][http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=36116 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'The Gibson Goddess']'Pictorial History of the Silent Screen', p.14 c.1953 by Daniel Blum
Cast
*Marion Leonard - Nanette Ranfrea
*Kate Bruce - On Sidewalk
*Arthur V. Johnson - An Admirer
*James Kirkwood - Admirer
*George Nichols - Manager of Beach House
*Anthony O'Sullivan - Commodore Fitzmaurice
*Mary Pickford - On Sidewalk
*Billy Quirk - An Admirer
*Gertrude Robinson - On Sidewalk
*Mack Sennett - An Admirer
*J. Waltham - An Admirer
*Dorothy West - A Maid
Synopsis
Oh! Why do they call me the Gibson Girl? These lines of a popular song were uttered with a sigh by the heroine of this Biograph comedy, for beauty is sometimes an annoying possession. Nanette Renfrae, after an arduous season of societys whirl, decides to spend a quiet Summer at a secluded seaside resort. Te place selected is one frequented by the middle class, where she feels she will he free from the tormenting attentions of the male sex that her beauty has induced in the past. She arrives without ostentation accompanied only by her maid, but her extreme pulchritude and graceful bearing soon enraptured the male contingent of the place to the jealous rage of the other women folks who find themselves deserted. She cannot stir but what there is a score of admirers present. A walk on the beach, a stroll through the park is invariably attended by a regiment of gallants, until to her they become positive pests, is destined to pass time in the seclusion of her room. The maid, however, is ingenious and suggests a, new way to get rid of the troublesome pests. She attires her mistress in a bathing suit and puts on her a hideous pair of stockings line with raw cotton, which gives her a Gargantuan appearance, at least as to her nethers. Of course, the persistent tormenters flee in a panic when they behold; but, you know one but the brave deserve the fair, and Commodore Fitzmorris sticks, thereby making a decided impression upon Nanette. You may imagine the chagrin of the others when they learn of the hoax. Fitzie is now the favoured one. As for the others, they are a disgruntled bunch, for the other girls, slighted before, turn cold shoulders on them.[https://archive.org/details/moviewor05chal/page/652/mode/2up/search/The+Gibson+Goddess Moving Picture World (July-Dec 1909) p653]
See also
*Mary Pickford filmography
References
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