The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)

1913 · Silent film · 11 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

• Drama

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Synopsis

D.W. Griffith short intercuts two different stories before mixing them together at the end. The film focuses on a telephone girl who leaves work for her lunch break at the same time as "The Lady" goes to a jewelry store to pick up some priceless jewels. When the telephone girl returns to work she gets a phone call from the house of "The Lady" as a robber has broken in and is trying to steal the jewels.

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

Anita Loos

Studio

Biograph Company

Released

1913-01-06

Running time

11 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• Mae Marsh
• Claire McDowell
• Alfred Paget
• Charles Hill Mailes
• Harry Carey
• JJohn T. Dillon
• Madge Kirby
• JJoseph McDermott

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