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Original Title :
The Feud and the Turkey
Genre :
Movie / Short / Drama / Romance
Year :
1908
Directror :
D.W. Griffith
Cast :
Harry Solter,Linda Arvidson,Arthur V. Johnson
Writer :
D.W. Griffith
Type :
Movie
Time :
15min
Rating :
5.8/10

The Wilkinsons and Caulfields, owing to a trivial dispute, had been at loggerheads for years and as time went on the feeling became more bitter, until they even forbade their children ... See full summary

The Feud and the Turkey (1908) Online

The Wilkinsons and Caulfields, owing to a trivial dispute, had been at loggerheads for years and as time went on the feeling became more bitter, until they even forbade their children playing together. The little ones, however, in their childish innocence, could not appreciate the odium of their elders, and Bobby Wilkinson and Nellie Caulfield became child lovers. This incensed Colonel Wilkinson, who tore the children apart, ordered Bobby never to be seen in her company again. The Colonel's action ignited the ire of the Caulfields and a furious conflict ensued, resulting in the shooting to death of George, the Colonel's youngest son, a boy of fourteen. From that time on the clans kept strictly to themselves. But love knows no clannishness, and, despite family hatred, Bob and Nellie remained lovers. After ten years, driven to desperation by this apparently insurmountable barrier, they elope and are married. Bob decides to brave the storm of his father's anger and present his wife, but ...
Credited cast:
Harry Solter Harry Solter - Mr. Caufield
Linda Arvidson Linda Arvidson - Mrs. Caufield
Arthur V. Johnson Arthur V. Johnson - Colonel Wilkinson
Robert Harron Robert Harron - George Wilkinson
George Gebhardt George Gebhardt - Bobby Wilkinson as an Adult
Marion Leonard Marion Leonard - Nellie Caufield as an Adult
Gertrude Robinson Gertrude Robinson - Nellie Caufield as a Child
Florence Lawrence Florence Lawrence - Nellie Caufield's Sister
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Clara T. Bracy Clara T. Bracy
Edward Dillon Edward Dillon
Charles Inslee Charles Inslee - Uncle Daniel
Violet Mersereau Violet Mersereau
Herbert Miles Herbert Miles
Mack Sennett Mack Sennett - A Member of the Wilkinson Clan


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The legacy from the Victorian age that was brought into the Edwardian age was the novel. This was the basis for a number of Griffith's films, but he took it a stage further with visual narrative through editing. This film marks the transition between the Victorian novel and the visual narrative.