Movie

The Pitfall (1913)

• December 19, 1913
• 20m

• Drama

“A powerful Two-Reel drama by the Kay-Bee Company of an amateur chorus girl saved from a grave mistake by another woman who has learned her lesson.”

Overview

Pretty country girl Hazel Dorn sings in her church choir when she sees a newspaper advertisement for chorus girls placed by theatrical manager John Hern. Despite her mother's pleas, she leaves home for the city. Hern has personal reasons for hiring the young girl and intends to lure her to her ruin. However, another, older girl, Fannie Rice, who has already been a victim of Hern, contrives to save Hazel.

Director

Reginald Barker

Writers

William H. Clifford

Starring

Margaret Thompson, Leona Hutton, Gayne Whitman