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A Girl’s Stratagem
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by [?] D.W. Griffith?
Cast: Mae Marsh [the young woman], Joseph Graybill [the girl’s sweetheart], Charles West [the burglar], Kate Bruce [the girl’s mother], W. Chrystie Miller [the girl’s father], Dell Henderson [a loafer], Alfred Paget [the saloon keeper]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by George Hennessy. Cinematography by [?] G.W. Bitzer? / Released 10 March 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Katherine Stone (in Barry-Griffith p. 43) notes that this film was probably directed by D.W. Griffith, though no contemporary facts confirming this are available.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The young man has been deceiving his mother in his letters home and upon the reception of a letter from her his better self is for the moment aroused, but only for the moment, as he finds evil associates hard to ignore. But it seems that the letter has brought with it a blessing and his mother’s prayers have been heard because his meeting with a young woman in the tenement district proves to be his moral uplift. She, by a clever scheme, prevents him from committing a crime which would have been his irretrievable downfall.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 20 December 2024.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
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