Lonedale Operator

Blanche Sweet, Francis J. Grandon, Wilfred Lucas

Silent 17 mins B&W 1911

Dir. D.W. Griffith. A young woman takes over the telegraph at a lonely western railroad station after her father becomes ill. She soon learns of the next train's delivery of the mining company's payroll. To her shock, the train also brings a couple of ruffians bent on stealing the money. All alone, she wires for help and holds off the bad guys until rescue arrives.