The Lonedale Operator
(1911) American
B&W : One reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Blanche Sweet [the telegraph operator], George Nichols [her father], Frank Grandon [the engineer], Dell Henderson [criminal tramp], Joseph Graybill [criminal tramp], Wilfred Lucas [train operator], Edward Dillon [sleepy telegraph operator]

Biograph Company production; distributed by General Film Company. / Scenario by Mack Sennett. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 25 March 1911 by Biograph Company. Released 23 March 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot in California. The locomotive used in the film was an AT&SF No. 9 built by Baldwin in 1878.

Drama: Western.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm nitrate camera negative, 35mm color-tinted preservation positive].

Keywords: Transportation: Trains - USA: California - Weapons: Guns, Pistols

Listing updated: 16 April 2007.

References: Film viewing : Barry-Griffith pp. 13, 14, 42; Blum-Silent p. 20; Bohn-Light pp. xix, 51-52; Drew-Speaking pp. 213, 220, 285; Everson-American pp. 44, 158; Fell-History pp. 56, 60, 61, 62, 63; Leyda-Before p. 44; Niver-First p. 154; Sinyard-Silent p. 22; Spehr-American p. 2 : ClasIm-223 p. 13; Image-34-1-2 p. 29.

Home Video: DVD.