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The Pitfall
The Pitfall
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The Pitfall

1913
20m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1913

Runtime

20m

Storyline

"A powerful Two-Reel drama by the Kay-Bee Company of an amateur chorus girl saved from a grave mistake by another woman who has learned her lesson."

Pretty country girl Hazel Dorn sings in her church choir when she sees a newspaper advertisement for chorus girls placed by theatrical manager John Hern. Despite her mother's pleas, she leaves home for the city. Hern has personal reasons for hiring the young girl and intends to lure her to her ruin. However, another, older girl, Fannie Rice, who has already been a victim of Hern, contrives to save Hazel.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
20m
Dec 19, 1913
Languages
No Language
Director
Reginald Barker
Reginald Barker
Production
Kay-Bee Pictures
Kay-Bee Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

7 Cast Members

Margaret Thompson

Margaret Thompson

Hazel Dorn

Leona Hutton

Leona Hutton

Fannie Rice

Gayne Whitman

Gayne Whitman

Jim Bell

William Clifford

William Clifford

Walter Belasco

Walter Belasco

The Traitor

Sherman Bainbridge

John Hern

Charles Edler

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