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An Awful Moment

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After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupts in vehement protests and has to be taken forcefully out of the courtroom. Later the gypsy follows the judge to his home and plots a vicious revenge on his wife (Florence Lawrence).

DirectorD.W. Griffith
WriterD.W. Griffith

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Cast · Directed by D.W. Griffith

GGGeorge Gebhardt
George Gebhardt
Matteo Rettazzi / Policeman
MLMarion Leonard
Marion Leonard
Fiammetta, Matteo's Wife
HSHarry Solter
Harry Solter
Judge Mowbray
FLFlorence Lawrence
Florence Lawrence
Mrs. Mowbray
GEGladys Egan
Gladys Egan
The Mowbrays' Daughter
LALinda Arvidson
Linda Arvidson
The Maid
FBFlorence Barker
Florence Barker
DBDorothy Bernard
Dorothy Bernard
KBKate Bruce
Kate Bruce
CG
Charles Gorman
GRGertrude Robinson
Gertrude Robinson
Woman in Court
MSMack Sennett
Mack Sennett
Policeman / Man in Court

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