The Telephone Girl and the Lady
Ratings
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.
Production
Biograph Company
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
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
John T. Dillon
The Grocery Man
Madge Kirby
The Telephone Operator
Joseph McDermott
The Jewelry Salesman
Kate Bruce
The Lady's Friend
Gertrude Bambrick
The Maid
Lionel Barrymore
The Desk Sergeant
Walter P. Lewis
Undetermined Role
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