Sep 21, 1912
12 min
Full-HD

The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher (1912)

Anna Q. Nilsson plays a shy telegrapher who foils a gang of train robbers in this vintage short subject directed by J.P. McGowan.

Category

Western

Country

United States of America

Companies

Kalem Company

Anna Q. Nilsson

Betty - the Girl Telegrapher

Guy Coombs

Larry Rowe - the Railroad Detective

Hal Clements

Smoke Up Smith - the Crook

Henry Hallam

Biggs - the Detective Chief

Miriam Cooper

The Boarding House Servant Girl

J.P. McGowan

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