THE COUNTRY DOCTOR
DAVID WARK GRIFFITH
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16m
A doctor in a small town leaves his ill daughter to attend to another patient. His wife seeks his return before the health of the condition of their daughter deteriorates.
"The subject is one of impressive realism and sure to strike deep into the hearts of the spectators." — Biograph Films advertisement, Motion Picture World [9-July-1909]
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