At the Altar

At the Altar
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Written by D. W. Griffith
Starring Marion Leonard
Cinematography G. W. Bitzer
Arthur Marvin
Distributed by Biograph Company
Release date(s) February 25, 1909 (1909-02-25)
Running time 11 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

At the Altar is a 1909 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century.[1][2][3][4] A print of this films survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress.[5]

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  1. ^ Kozarski, Ricchard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8, http://books.google.nl/books?id=5w0r8YKan04C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Fort+Lee:+the+film+town+Door+Richard+Koszarski&hl=nl&ei=fyO4TcjINoKeOpr32LsP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false 
  2. ^ "Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commmission. http://www.fortleefilm.org/studios.html. Retrieved 2011-05-30. 
  3. ^ Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4501-5, http://books.google.com/books?id=ViR3b72xkK0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Fort+Lee+Birthplace+of+the+Motion+Picture+Industry&hl=nl&ei=ah3lTdmHMY7rObrH9bIG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false 
  4. ^ Amith, Deninis (January 1, 2011). "Before there was Hollywood there was Fort Lee, NJ". J!-ENT. http://j-entonline.com/blu-ray-dvd-reviews/dvd-reviews-film-tv/before-hollywood-there-was-fort-lee-n-j-early-movie-making-in-new-jersey-a-j-ent-dvd-review/. 
  5. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: At the Altar". Silent Era. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/AtTheAltar1909.html. Retrieved 2008-06-24. 

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