The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)

5.7/10 17 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Mae Marsh

The Telephone Girl

Claire McDowell

The Lady

Alfred Paget

The Telephone Girl's Sweetheart

Charles Hill Mailes

The Girl's Father

Harry Carey

The Thief

Madge Kirby

The Telephone Operator

Kate Bruce

The Lady's Friend

Gertrude Bambrick

The Maid

Lionel Barrymore

The Desk Sergeant

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