CinemaOSMovie · 1912 · 0h 15m · NR

One Is Business, the Other Crime

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Griffith 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.

Directed byD.W. Griffith

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 15m
Language
EN
Released
April 24, 1912
Studios
American Mutoscope & Biograph

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Charles West

Charles West

Poor Husband

Dorothy Bernard

Dorothy Bernard

Poor Wife

Edwin August

Edwin August

Rich Husband

Blanche Sweet

Blanche Sweet

Rich Wife

Frank Evans

The Landlord

William A. Carroll

William A. Carroll

The Rich Man's First Foreman

Frank Opperman

Frank Opperman

The Rich Man's Second Foreman

Kate Bruce

Kate Bruce

First Maid

Kate Toncray

Kate Toncray

Second Maid

Robert Harron

Robert Harron

The Delivery Boy

Creative team
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith
Written by
George Hennessy

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