The Lonely Villa
| The Lonely Villa | |
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Play film; runtime 00:11:41 | |
| Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
| Written by | Mack Sennett |
| Based on | Au Telephone by André de Lorde |
| Starring | David Miles |
| Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer Arthur Marvin |
| Distributed by | Biograph Company |
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Running time | 12 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (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.