UNITED STATES · 1912
One is Business, the Other Crime
Classical Hollywood
class conflict
poverty and desperation
crime and consequences
parallel narratives
moral irony
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 impli
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