The Telephone Girl and the Lady is a 1913 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.
A telephone operator is walking out with a handsome police sergeant; her father insists that the husband for her is a plump, comfortable grocery store owner.
Meanwhile, with an implicit rape threat the thief has forced the lady to reveal the safe concealed behind a picture.
After a rousing fight, helped by the feisty telephone girl and neighbours including a lady in a huge hat, the sergeant drags away the thief.
[1] Film historian William K. Everson noted that the film made use of a moving camera in "some extremely good running inserts" and a "well-done fight between Paget and villain Harry Carey at the climax", but offered that the film did not have a good flow due to its awkward cuts and overuse of devices intended to prolong suspense.