The Girl and Her Trust
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The Girl and Her Trust is a 1912 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, notable as an early thriller about a telegraph operator defending a payroll shipment from thieves.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent short film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | G. W. Bitzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | D. W. Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Biograph Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | telegraph operator ⓘ |
| filmLength | one reel ⓘ |
| hasFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
drama
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thriller ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of the thriller genre in American cinema
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use of cross-cutting to build suspense ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A telegraph operator defends a payroll shipment from thieves. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Biograph Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1912 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 17 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
D. W. Griffith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Hennessy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| starring |
Adolph Lestina
NERFINISHED
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Alfred Paget NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Craig NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Gorman NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Hill Mailes NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles West NERFINISHED ⓘ Claire McDowell NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorothy Bernard NERFINISHED ⓘ Edith Haldeman NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Grace Henderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Hyde NERFINISHED ⓘ J. J. Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Pickford NERFINISHED ⓘ John T. Dillon NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph McDermott NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Barrymore NERFINISHED ⓘ Madge Kirby NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Harron NERFINISHED ⓘ W. C. Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ W. Chrystie Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilfred Lucas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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