One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)

04/24/1912 (US) • 15m

Drama

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Charles West

Poor Husband

Edwin August

Rich Husband

Blanche Sweet

Rich Wife

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


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

silent film

short film

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