A Plain Song

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 17 min
  • Premiere: 1910. November 28.

Edith is a salesgirl in a department store who envys her store-mates, as she views them passing by with their sweethearts, lighthearted and happy. Therefore she feels highly flattered and pleased at the attentions of a traveling repertoire manager who enters the store advertising his show, and presents Edith with two complimentary tickets for that evening's performance. The next day the manager appears again and invites her to take a stroll with him. This is the first attention the poor girl has ever experienced, and when the manager tries to persuade her to go away with him it is a supreme struggle with inclination that prevents her leaving her old folks.

Discover

Kate Bruce

Edith's Mother

W. Chrystie Miller

Edith's Father

William J. Butler

Edith's Employer

Dell Henderson

The Manager

Directing

D.W. Griffith

Director

Directing

D.W. Griffith

Director