The Telephone Girl and the Lady

D.W. Griffith
1913-01-06


5
17 min

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

Name Character Team
Mae Marsh The Telephone Girl Unowned
Claire McDowell The Lady Unowned
Alfred Paget The Telephone Girl's Sweetheart Unowned
Charles Hill Mailes The Girl's Father Unowned
Harry Carey The Thief Unowned
John T. Dillon The Grocery Man Unowned
Madge Kirby The Telephone Operator Unowned
Joseph McDermott The Jewelry Salesman Unowned
Kate Bruce The Lady's Friend Unowned
Gertrude Bambrick The Maid Unowned
Lionel Barrymore The Desk Sergeant Unowned
Walter P. Lewis Undetermined Role Unowned