An Unseen Enemy

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An Unseen Enemy
Directed by DW Griffith
Written by Edward Acker
Starring Lillian Gish
Dorothy Gish
Music by Robert Israel (new score)
Cinematography G.W. Bitzer
Distributed by General Film Company
Release date(s) 1912
Running time 17 minutes
Country Flag of United States U.S.A.
Language Silent
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An Unseen Enemy is a 1912 silent film directed by D.W. Griffith. It is a Biograph short. It was the first movie to be made starring the actresses Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish.

Contents

  • Elmer Booth
  • Lillian Gish
  • Dorothy Gish
  • Harry Carey Sr.

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A shot from 'An Unseen Enemy', copyright Biograph, 1912
A shot from 'An Unseen Enemy', copyright Biograph, 1912
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

A physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. It is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores the money in his father's household safe. The slatternly housekeeper, aware of the money, enlists a criminal acquaintance to help crack the safe. They lock the daughters in an adjacent room, and the drunken housekeeper menaces them by brandishing a gun through a hole in the wall. The resourceful girls use the telephone to call their brother who has returned to town. He gets the message and organizes a rescue party.[2]

Spoilers end here.

  1. ^ An Unseen Enemy at Silent Era. Silent Era. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
  2. ^ Plot Summary for An Unseen Enemy. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.

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