One Is Business, the Other Crime
1912 · 15 min
Drama
★ 5.8Griffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is rich, the other poor. Time passes, and in desperation over joblessness, the poor husband attempts to burgle a home, only to be captured at gunpoint by the mistress of the house. It is the home of the rich couple. While holding the poor intruder at gunpoint, the rich wife accidentally discovers evidence implicating her own husband in a bribery scheme.
Crew
- Director D.W. Griffith
- Writer George Hennessy
- Director of Photography Billy Bitzer
Cast
Charles West
Poor Husband
Dorothy Bernard
Poor Wife
Edwin August
Rich Husband
Blanche Sweet
Rich Wife
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Frank Evans
The Landlord
William A. Carroll
The Rich Man's First Foreman
Frank Opperman
The Rich Man's Second Foreman
Kate Bruce
First Maid
Kate Toncray
Second Maid
Robert Harron
The Delivery Boy
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W.C. Robinson
The Brickyard Worker
Crew
- Director — D.W. Griffith
- Writer — George Hennessy
- Director of Photography — Billy Bitzer
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