The Telephone Girl and the Lady

Overview

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.

Director: D.W. Griffith

Cast

Mae Marsh

The Telephone Girl

Claire McDowell

The Lady

Alfred Paget

The Telephone Girl's Sweetheart

Charles Hill Mailes

The Girl's Father

Harry Carey

The Thief

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John T. Dillon

The Grocery Man

Madge Kirby

The Telephone Operator

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Joseph McDermott

The Jewelry Salesman

Kate Bruce

The Lady's Friend

Gertrude Bambrick

The Maid