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Release Date: 1911

Cast: Guy Hedlund, Jeanie MacPherson, Wilfred Lucas, W. C. Robinson, W. Chrystie Miller, Edward Dillon, Blanche Sweet, George Nichols, Dell Henderson, Joseph Graybill, Francis J. Grandon, Verner Clarges

Categories: Movies, Short Film, Silent film, Indie, Black-and-white

The Lonedale Operator is a 1911 short American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Among other things, the film is significant for Griffith's use of a close-up of a wrench, which a character had pretended was a gun. At the time of the film's release, close-ups were still uncommon. The Lonedale Operator illustrates Griffith's growing mastery of the medium. MORE

The Lonedale Operator is a 1911 short American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Among other things, the film is significant for Griffith's use of a close-up of a wrench, which a character had pretended was a gun. At the time of the film's release, close-ups were still uncommon. The Lonedale Operator illustrates Griffith's growing mastery of the medium. LESS