一个田园少女 An Arcadian Maid(1910)

Mary Pickford is a young woman who convinces a farmer's wife to hire her as a maid. When a travelling salesman comes by the farm and sells the wife some cloth, he flirts with the maid and gives her an engagement ring. The salesman runs up some gambling debts, so he visits the mai

两个空间通过镜头对话；玛丽·碧克馥把天真无邪演的真好

一貫的Griffith式故事，最後贖罪懺悔

中景一下子变为主要叙事景别 史诗般的跨越

A young girl looking for work, is hired by a farmer's wife to work as a maid. A smooth talking peddler comes by the farm, and flirts with the young maid. He gives the naive girl an engagement ring and promises to marry her. When the peddler runs up some gambling debts, he visits the maid again and tells her they cannot marry until he has enough money to pay off his debt. While the farmer and his wife are asleep, the maid foolishly steals their money. The peddler takes the money and leaves on a train to get out of town. Overcome with guilt, the young maid runs away from the farm. Meanwhile the peddler gets into a fight and is thrown off the train. The maid stumbles upon him by the railro