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Crossed Wires (1923)

Directed by King Baggot

Overview

Marcel Murphy, a telephone operator with society aspirations, overhears Mrs. Benson’s conversation describing a party she is planning for her son, Ralph, and wangles an invitation by imitating Mrs. Benson’s voice. At the party a maid accuses Marcel of the theft of another guest’s jewelry, but she appeals to Mr. Benson, who covers up for her by describing Marcel as the daughter of an old friend and by secretly installing her in a hotel suite.

Length 50 minutes

Actors

Gladys Walton | George Stewart | Tom Guise | Lillian Langdon | William Robert Daly | Kate Price | Eddie Gribbon | Marie Crisp | Eloise Nesbit | Helen Broneau | Lewis Mason