Film

The Pitfall

1913 · 20m · Drama

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.

Margaret Thompson

Hazel Dorn

Leona Hutton

Fannie Rice

Gayne Whitman

Jim Bell

William Clifford

Walter Belasco

The Traitor

Sherman Bainbridge

John Hern

Charles Edler

• Reginald BarkerDirector
• William H. CliffordStory
• Thomas H. InceProducer

Release date

December 19, 1913

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

20m

Genres

Drama

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