Short film
The Mirror
1913 · 11 min
A terse, tense little silent melodrama that traps you in a lonely farmhouse with desperate intruders and a clever escape.
- Directed by
- Anthony O'Sullivan
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Henry B. Walthall, Claire McDowell, Lionel Barrymore
- Overview
- The girl's lessons from the young station agent on the manipulation of the telegraph code served her in good stead. By it, hemmed in on all sides at the lonely farmhouse, she was able to save both herself and her father's money from desperate tramps, an experience which is grippingly illustrated in this Biograph melodrama.
- How it feels
- Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Survival, isolation, crime
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Anthony O'Sullivan
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Henry B. Walthall, Claire McDowell, Lionel Barrymore




