An Unseen Enemy (1912)
1912 · Silent film · 16 min · dir. D.W. Griffith
TRAGEDY AND TORMENT...INNOCENCE ASSAILED...An Exceptional Photoplay
- Drama
Synopsis
The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores the money in his father's household safe. The slatternly housekeeper, aware of the money, enlists a criminal acquaintance to crack the safe. She attempts to get into the adjacent room where the sisters tremble in fear, but finds that the door is locked. The drunken housekeeper menaces them by brandishing a gun through a hole in the wall. But the resourceful girls use the telephone to call their brother who has returned to town. He gets the message and organizes a rescue party.
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Details
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Writer
- Edward Acker
- Cinematography
- Billy Bitzer
- Studio
- Biograph Company
- Released
- 1912-09-09
- Running time
- 16 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
Cast & crew
D.W. Griffith Director
Lillian Gish
Dorothy Gish
Robert Harron
Elmer Booth
Grace Henderson
Harry Carey
Adolph Lestina
Walter Miller
