The Telephone Girl and the Lady is a 1913 silent

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 by D. W. Griffith

D. W. Griffith

David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance .Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera...

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Production

The film was prepared by Griffith and shot by his assistant, Tony O'Sullivan

Anthony O'Sullivan

Anthony O'Sullivan was an American silent film actor and director. He appeared in 163 films between 1906 and 1918. He also directed 35 films between 1913 and 1915...

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Film historian William K. Everson

William K. Everson

William Keith "Bill" Everson was an English-American archivist, author, critic, educator, collector and film historian. He often discovered lost films.-Early life and career:...

 noted that the film made use of a moving camera in "some extremely good running inserts" and a "well-done fight between Paget and villain Harry Carey at the climax", but offered that the film did not have a good flow due to its awkward cuts and overuse of devices intended to prolong suspense.

Cast

• Mae Marsh
  Mae Marsh
  Mae Marsh was an American film actress with a career spanning over 50 years.-Early life:...
  
   - The Telephone Girl
• Claire McDowell
  Claire McDowell
  Claire McDowell was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 360 films between 1908 and 1945. Still somewhat of a youthful beauty when she started in early silent films she appeared in numerous short & early feature films. She graduated to playing character and mother types...
  
   - The Lady
• Alfred Paget
  Alfred Paget
  Alfred Paget was an English silent film actor. He appeared in 239 films between 1908 and 1918.-Selected filmography:-External links:...
  
   - The Telephone Girl's Sweetheart
• Walter P. Lewis
  Walter P. Lewis
  Walter P. Lewis was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 55 films between 1912 and 1931.He was born in Albany, New York.-Selected filmography:* Beware of Blondes * The Crimson Flash...
  
   - The Father
• Harry Carey - The Thief
• John T. Dillon - The Grocery Man
• Madge Kirby - The Telephone Operator
• Joseph McDermott
  Joseph McDermott (actor)
  Joseph McDermott , was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1912 and 1923.He died in Los Angeles, California by committing suicide.-Selected filmography:* Perils of the Yukon...
  
   - The Jewelry Salesman
• Kate Bruce
  Kate Bruce
  Kate Bruce was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 289 films between 1908 and 1931.She was born in Columbus, Indiana and died in New York, New York.-Selected filmography:* The Golden Louis...
  
   - The Lady's Friend
• Gertrude Bambrick
  Gertrude Bambrick
  Gertrude Bambrick was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 60 films between 1912 to 1916.-Biography:...
  
   - The Maid
• Lionel Barrymore
  Lionel Barrymore
  Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul...
  
   - The Desk Sergeant
• Charles Hill Mailes
  Charles Hill Mailes
  Charles Hill Mailes was a Canadian actor of the silent era. He appeared in 290 films between 1909 and 1935.He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and died in Los Angeles, California...