One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)

One Is Business, the Other Crime

1912

Drama

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

D.W. Griffith

Cast

Blanche Sweet as Rich Wife

Charles West as Poor Husband

Dorothy Bernard as Poor Wife

Edwin August as Rich Husband

Frank Evans as The Landlord

Frank Opperman as The Rich Man's Second Foreman

Kate Bruce as First Maid

Kate Toncray as Second Maid