Trilby and Little Billee

Sep 14, 1896

0h 1m

★ 0.0

Overview

Trilby lounges on a table with her shoes off, smoking, laughing, enjoying a piece of cake, and kissing her friend in a scene from the popular eponymous novel and stage play. Now lost, it is considered the first book-to-film adaptation.

Genres

Romance

Production Companies

American Mutoscope & Biograph

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Cast

Trilby O'Ferrall

Virginia Harned

William "Little Billee" Bagot

Alfred Hickman

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