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The Telephone Girl and the Lady

  • NR
  • 1913
  • 17m
  • Drama

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.

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Storyline

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 MarshThe Telephone Girl
Claire McDowellThe Lady
Alfred PagetThe Telephone Girl's Sweetheart
Charles Hill MailesThe Girl's Father
Harry CareyThe Thief
John T. DillonThe Grocery Man
Madge KirbyThe Telephone Operator
Joseph McDermottThe Jewelry Salesman
Kate BruceThe Lady's Friend
Gertrude BambrickThe Maid
Lionel BarrymoreThe Desk Sergeant
Walter P. LewisUndetermined Role

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