The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909)
A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is also ashamed of being a cripple, so he switches his superior violin with that of another apprentice, Sandro, whom Giannina loves.
- Released
- 1909-06-07
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 12 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- D.W. Griffith
- TMDB rating
- 4.6/10 from 8 votes
Cast
- Herbert Prior as Taddeo Ferrari
- Mary Pickford as Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
- Owen Moore as Sandro
- David Miles as Filippo, the Cripple
- Harry Solter as The Judge
- Marion Leonard as The Judge's Companion
- Charles Avery as Worker / In Crowd
- Clara T. Bracy
- Arthur V. Johnson as In Crowd
- Violet Mersereau as In Crowd
- Anthony O'Sullivan as Worker
- Mack Sennett as In Crowd