The Trick that Failed
Movie| Title | The Trick that Failed |
| User score | 4 |
| Release date | Nov 29, 1909 |
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| Director | D.W. Griffith |
| Production country | United States of America |
| Production companies | American Mutoscope & Biograph |
| Run time | 7 min. |
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 excited by the sudden success, but when she learns the truth, Nellie leaves her sweetheart to accept the proposal of a rival painter.
