The Lonely Villa

The Lonely Villa
Play film; runtime 00:11:41
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byMack Sennett
Based onAu Telephone
by André de Lorde
StarringDavid Miles
CinematographyG. W. Bitzer
Arthur Marvin
Distributed byBiograph Company
Release date
  • June 10, 1909 (1909-06-10)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Lonely Villa is a 1909 American short silent crime drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring David Miles, Florence Lawrence, and Mary Pickford in one of her first film roles. It is based on the 1901 French play Au Téléphone (At the Telephone) by André de Lorde. A print of The Lonely Villa survives and is currently in the public domain. The Lonely Villa was produced by the Biograph Company. It was released on June 10, 1909, along with another D. W. Griffith split-reel film, A New Trick.