One Is Business, the Other Crime

Silent film · 15 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

• Drama

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Synopsis

Griffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is rich, the other poor. Time passes, and in desperation over joblessness, the poor husband attempts to burgle a home, only to be captured at gunpoint by the mistress of the house. It is the home of the rich couple. While holding the poor intruder at gunpoint, the rich wife accidentally discovers evidence implicating her own husband in a bribery scheme.

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

George Hennessy

Cinematography

Billy Bitzer

Studio

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Released

1912-04-24

Running time

15 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• Charles West
• Dorothy Bernard
• Edwin August
• Blanche Sweet
• FFrank Evans
• William A. Carroll
• Frank Opperman
• Kate Bruce

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