The girl and her trust

Duration: 15

Genre: Short Drama

Year Published: 1912

Creator: Museum of Modern Art

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Description: In this remake of Griffith's suspenseful classic, The Lonedale Operator (1911), the elements are two thousand dollars, a woman telegraph operator, two bandits who attempt to kill her and steal the money, and a train rushing to her aid. Using closeups to convey suspense and establish point of view and a rare closeup of a pistol cartridge being exploded by a hammer. Several camera positions on and about speeding trains make up the unusual camera uses in this film.

Complete Record: In this remake of Griffith's suspenseful classic, The Lonedale Operator (1911), the elements are two thousand dollars, a woman telegraph operator, two bandits who attempt to kill her and steal the money, and a train rushing to her aid. Using closeups to convey suspense and establish point of view and a rare closeup of a pistol cartridge being exploded by a hammer. Several camera positions on and about speeding trains make up the unusual camera uses in this film. , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.