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One is Business, the Other Crime
UNITED STATES · 1912

One is Business, the Other Crime

D.W. Griffith
class conflict poverty and desperation crime and consequences parallel narratives moral irony
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Synopsis

Griffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is rich, the other poor. Time passes, and in desperation over joblessness, the poor husband attempts to burgle a home, only to be captured at gunpoint by the mistress of the house. It is the home of the rich couple. While holding the poor intruder at gunpoint, the rich wife accidentally discovers evidence impli

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