One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)
Griffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is rich, the other poor. Time passes, and in desperation over joblessness, the poor husband attempts to burgle a home, only to be captured at gunpoint by the mistress of the house. It is the home of the rich couple. While holding the poor intruder at gunpoint, the rich wife accidentally discovers evidence implicating her own husband in a bribery scheme.
- Released
- 1912-04-24
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 15 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- D.W. Griffith
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 from 10 votes
Cast
- Charles West as Poor Husband
- Dorothy Bernard as Poor Wife
- Edwin August as Rich Husband
- Blanche Sweet as Rich Wife
- Frank Evans as The Landlord
- William A. Carroll as The Rich Man's First Foreman
- Frank Opperman as The Rich Man's Second Foreman
- Kate Bruce as First Maid
- Kate Toncray as Second Maid
- Robert Harron as The Delivery Boy
- W.C. Robinson as The Brickyard Worker