The Telephone Girl and the Lady

The Telephone Girl and the Lady

17 mins | Drama | Jan. 6, 1913

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.

The Telephone Girl and the Lady

17 mins | Drama | Jan. 6, 1913

The Telephone Girl and the Lady
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.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Biograph Company
Original title The Telephone Girl and the Lady
Directors D.W. Griffith
Writers Edward Acker, Anita Loos

Cast

Mae Marsh

as The Telephone Girl

Claire McDowell

as The Lady

Alfred Paget

as The Telephone Girl's Sweetheart

Charles Hill Mailes

as The Girl's Father

Harry Carey

as The Thief

John T. Dillon

as The Grocery Man

Madge Kirby

as The Telephone Operator

Joseph McDermott

as The Jewelry Salesman

Kate Bruce

as The Lady's Friend

Gertrude Bambrick

as The Maid

Lionel Barrymore

as The Desk Sergeant

Walter P. Lewis

as Undetermined Role