Linda Arvidson
Birthday: 1884-07-12
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Biography: Linda Arvidson (born Linda Arvidson Johnson, July 12, 1884 – July 26, 1949; sometimes credited as Linda Griffith) was an American stage and film actress and philanthropist through the Linda A. Griffith Fund. She became one of America's early motion picture stars while working at Biograph Studios in New York, where none of the company's actors, until 1913, were credited on screen. Along with Florence Lawrence, Marion Leonard, and other female performers there, she was often referred to by theatergoers and in trade publications as simply one of the "Biograph girls". Arvidson began working in the new, rapidly expanding film industry after meeting her future husband D. W. Griffith, who impressed her as an innovative screen director. Their marriage was kept secret for reasons of professional discretion. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
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The Honor of His Family
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To Save Her Soul
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A Corner in Wheat
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Enoch Arden: Part I
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Enoch Arden: Part II
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The Miser's Heart
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Fate's Turning
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At the French Ball
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The Unchanging Sea
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The Fatal Hour
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The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
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The Cricket on the Hearth
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A Drunkard's Reformation
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Balked at the Altar
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Betrayed by a Handprint
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Resurrection
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Confidence
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A Fair Rebel
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The Wife
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Her First Biscuits
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The Winning Coat
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The Taming of the Shrew
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The Cord of Life
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The Curtain Pole
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An Awful Moment
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At the Altar
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Pippa Passes
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The Lure of the Gown
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Those Awful Hats
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Pranks
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The King's Messenger
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The Stage Rustler
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After Many Years
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Where the Breakers Roar
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The Red Girl
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The Pirate's Gold
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The Feud and the Turkey
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Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
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The Helping Hand
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One Touch of Nature
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Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
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A Rural Elopement
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The Criminal Hypnotist
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The Welcome Burglar
“The Biograph people tell an excellent story in this, and tell it so strongly that it grips very clo...
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Love Finds a Way
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The Sacrifice
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The Fascinating Mrs. Francis
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His Daughter
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Classmates
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The Thread of Destiny
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Enoch Arden
Moving Picture World described the film: "There is a small need to describe this subject as the poem...
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Fisher Folks
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Comata, the Sioux
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The Converts
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The Broken Doll
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Beverly of Graustark
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A Calamitous Elopement
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The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora
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A Woman's Way
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The Stolen Jewels
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A Baby's Shoe
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Drive for a Life
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His Ward's Love
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His Wife's Mother
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The Jilt
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The Medicine Bottle
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The Politician's Love Story
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The Roue’s Heart
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Those Boys!
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The Peachbasket Hat
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The Adventures of Dollie
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The Sealed Room
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A Wreath in Time
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The Voice of the Violin
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The Faded Lilies
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The Test of Friendship
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Father Gets in the Game
D.W. Griffith film about an elderly father who grows tired of seeing his son bring home beautiful wo...
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At the Crossroads of Life
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The Eavesdropper
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The Children's Friend
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A Fool's Revenge
A court fool believes the Duke is after his beautiful daughter, and arranges to have the Duke murder...
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The Golden Louis
An anonymous donor drops a gold coin in the shoe of a homeless girl as she sleeps. A gambler with a ...
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Leather Stocking
A short version of James Fenimore Cooper's famous tale about Natty Bumppo, or "Hawkeye," and his exp...
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The Mills of the Gods
A woman in love with an unsuccessful author tries to convince a publisher to accept his work....
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Tragic Love
Bob Spaulding, a manly fellow, meets Dr. Rankin and his wife on the street while they are engaged in...
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The Salvation Army Lass
A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following a barfight...
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The Rocky Road
The evils of drink cause a man to separate from his family. In time he becomes sober and prosperous....
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The Last Deal
Owen Moore is addicted to gambling and about to lose his family and job because of it. James Kirkwoo...
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The Day After
Mr. and Mrs. Hilton throw a New Year's Eve party. They agree not to drink the punch themselves, but ...
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The Two Brothers
In Camarillo, principality of the Spanish dominion, there lived two brothers, Jose and Manuel. Born ...
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Through the Breakers
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The Usurer
A wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money's limitations....
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Heart Beats of Long Ago
A feud existed between two Italian houses and it meant disaster to any one of the belligerents to in...
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His Trust
A Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of George, h...
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His Trust Fulfilled
Continuing where His Trust (1911) leaves off, George takes care of his deceased master's daughter af...
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The Man and the Woman
John and Tom Wilkins are brothers and most divergent in natures. John is a clergyman and a noble, up...
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For a Wife's Honor
Irving Robertson, a successful playwright, has just received a message from out of town to witness t...
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I Did It
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Charity
Drama written by the film's star Linda Arvidson, under her married name Linda Griffith, was her both...
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A Smoked Husband
After his wife receives an extravagant dress, a man find himself the victim of an attempted burglary...
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The Planter's Wife
John Holland, a planter in a small way, is devotedly attached to his wife and infant child. The wife...
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The Princess in the Vase
In ancient Egypt, a princess is executed after being caught in an affair with a Theban warrior, with...
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Lucky Jim
Gertrude chooses Jim over Jack, which makes Jack very jealous. Later Jim dies, and Jack marries Gert...
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The Cardinal's Conspiracy
A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and ...
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The Restoration
A husband suspects his wife of an affair. The wife's cousin borrows a shawl to meet her lover in the...
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The Cloister’s Touch
A peasant family comprising the father, mother and little boy child are happy in their own sphere un...
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The Gambler of the West
A family is attacked by Indians, the father killed and son captured. The widow remarries and her ste...
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