A Fair Exchange

A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.

A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.
A Gilbert M. Anderson film directed by , released in 1909.
A Gilbert M. Anderson film directed by , released in 1909.
A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.

Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she’s coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister’s apartment, she comes face to face with her misdeeds.

Sight unseen, a man buys a bag that turns out to contain burglar tools. He can’t get rid of the bag, even when he’s robbed. The thieves assume he’s a colleague and return the bag and tools.
Miguel casts out his daughter when she marries a poor man, causing his wife to leave him, too. After he is unable to find a reliable cook, he reconciles with his daughter so he can get a good meal.

Mons. Flamant, a typical roué of the French nobility, is surrounded by all the pleasures and pastimes his fabulous wealth can procure. In a quest of diversion he visits the art rooms, just as a young girl enters with a…

The Count sets out to make a private room for him and his Countess, built in such a way no one can see, hear, and most importantly, disturb them. But unbeknownst to the Count, his wife has set her eyes…

Nellie is a struggling artist whose paintings lie unsold. Billy, a successful painter, loves her, but she tells him that she cannot marry until she sells her paintings. Billy recruits his friends to buy her paintings. At first she is…