Movie Details
Theatrical Release:February 27th, 1911
Original Language:English
Production Companies:American Mutoscope Biograph
The Lily of the Tenements (1911)
DirectorD.W. Griffith
16 minFeb 27th, 1911
Plot
A struggling young seamstress supports her elderly parents by working at home The landlord offers free rent for sex but she declines He threatens foreclosure but she is saved when a large sewing order comes her way She rushes to the landlords office to arrange for an extension on the rent encounters the landlords son and leaves an ambiguous message saying only that she must see the landlord on important business The old man receives the message and leaves for her apartment His son unaware of his fathers lechery innocently follows after him to convey an urgent business message When he walks in on his father attacking the seamstress he interferes denounces the old man and provides the girls family with food and medical help
