What the Daisy Said

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What the Daisy Said
Directed by	D.W. Griffith
Written by	Stanner E.V. Taylor
Starring	Clara T. Bracy
Cinematography	G.W. Bitzer
Release date(s)	11 July, 1910
Running time	13 minutes (16 fps)
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles
IMDb profile

What the Daisy Said is a one-reel film (about 12 minutes) made by D. W. Griffith for Biograph in 1910. They story is slight. Two farm sisters (Martha, played by Mary Pickford, and Millie, played by the charming Gertrude Robinson) are feeling romantic and looking for suitors. Mary consults a gypsy who gives her a fortune that promotes his intentions to seduce her. Mary is shocked when she finds the same gypsy courting her sister next to a waterfall. The menfolk chase the two-timing gypsy out of town, and the girls – flirtatious as ever – decide to make do with two local boys. The film is interesting for taking a look at Mary Pickford before she became a star – she is pert, pretty and vivacious playing an adolescent role (in her later roles in the ‘teens she plays children’s roles). The whole film is shot in just a few setups on one rural location. The title cards do not record dialogues but summarize scenes for the viewer – e.g., ‘Martha discovers the gypsy’s perfidy’, ‘A cowardly attack’, ‘The old man unhurt but the gypsy man is warned to leave the neighborhood’. The copy sold in the Milestone Collection is in good condition with good brightness, contrast and sharpness.