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The Old Bookkeeper
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: W. Chrystie Miller [the old bookkeeper], Edwin August [his employer], Blanche Sweet [the employer’s wife], Jackie Saunders [the maid], [?] Kate Toncray [the landlady]?, Alfred Paget [a thief], Joseph McDermott [the police sergeant], W.C. Robinson [a policeman], Edward Dillon [an office visitor], Charles Gorman [in the office], Harry Hyde [in the office], J. Jiquel Lanoe [in the office], Adolph Lestina [in the office], Vivian Prescott [in the office], Charles H. West [in the office]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Belle Taylor. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 18 January 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 18 January 2009.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.