The Telephone Girl and the Lady (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.
- Released
- 1913-01-06
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 17 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- D.W. Griffith
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 from 3 votes
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