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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Generate an image of The Lonedale Operator (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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The Lonedale Operator canonical 7

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

Charles West ⓘ
Claire McDowell ⓘ
Edward Dillon ⓘ
linked to: Henry O'Neill

Francis J. Grandon ⓘ
Grace Henderson ⓘ
Guy Hedlund ⓘ
Jeanie Macpherson ⓘ
linked to: Jeanie MacPherson

Joseph Graybill ⓘ
W. Chrystie Miller ⓘ
Wilfred Lucas ⓘ
cinematographyBy G. W. Bitzer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin 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 Blanche Sweet ⓘ
linked to: Gladys Brockwell

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

D. W. Griffith → notableWork → The Lonedale Operator ⓘ
Biograph Company → notableWork → The Lonedale Operator ⓘ
Linda Arvidson → notableWork → The Lonedale Operator ⓘ
G. W. Bitzer → notableWork → The Lonedale Operator ⓘ
Billy Bitzer → knownForFilm → The Lonedale Operator ⓘ
Joseph Graybill → notableWork → The Lonedale Operator ⓘ
Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer → notableWork → The Lonedale Operator ⓘ