The Lonedale Operator

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The Lonedale Operator is a 1911 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, noted for its innovative cross-cutting and suspenseful storytelling in early cinema.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
black-and-white film
drama film
silent short film
blackAndWhite true
castMember Adolph Lestina
Gladys Brockwell
surface form: Blanche Sweet

Charles West
Claire McDowell
Henry O'Neill
surface form: Edward Dillon

Francis J. Grandon
Grace Henderson
Guy Hedlund
Jeanie MacPherson
surface form: Jeanie Macpherson

Joseph Graybill
W. Chrystie Miller
Wilfred Lucas
cinematographyBy G. W. Bitzer
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director D. W. Griffith
distributor Biograph Company
featuredPerformer Blanche Sweet
filmFormat 35 mm
filmmakingEra silent era
genre drama
hasFilmTechnique cross-cutting
parallel editing
suspense montage
hasTheme crime
heroism
rescue
includedIn film history curricula
mainCharacterOccupation telegraph operator
notableFor early use of parallel editing
innovative cross-cutting
suspenseful storytelling
originalLanguage Silent film with English intertitles
partOf early American silent cinema
productionCompany Biograph Company
productionYear 1911
recognizedAs milestone in narrative film editing
releaseDate 1911-03-09
releaseYear 1911
runningTime approximately 17 minutes
screenwriter D. W. Griffith
setting railroad station
small town
sound silent
starred Gladys Brockwell
surface form: Blanche Sweet

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Biograph Company notableWork The Lonedale Operator
D. W. Griffith notableWork The Lonedale Operator