The Corner Grocer (1917)
Kindhearted Charles Wendel, who has built his pushcart grocery business into a prosperous enterprise, adopts little eight-year-old Mary Brian after her mother dies in poverty. The little girl becomes the angel of the house, beloved by all. Wendel's dream is that his son Ralph will carry on the business, but when Ralph graduates from college, he decides that he is too good for the grocery business. Instead, he goes to work in a bank where he falls prey to swindlers who convince him to forge his father's name on a $100,000 check. When the forgery is discovered, the old man covers the check at the cost of his own financial ruin. Ralph, chagrined, leaves home to make good and soon after returns, prosperous, to wed Mary and restore the fortune and happiness of the Wendel family.
- Date of release
- 1917-10-01
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- George Cowl
Casting
- Lew Fields — Charles Wendel
- Madge Evans — Mary Brian, age 8
- Lillian Cook — Mary Brian, age 18
- Nick Long Jr. — Ralph Wendel, age 10
- William Sherwood — Ralph Wendel, age 20
- Vivia Ogden — Old Maid
- Stanhope Wheatcroft — William
- Justine Cutting — Lena Wendel
- George Cowl — Oscar Leaming
- Pinna Nesbit — Stella
Interesting facts
The Corner Grocer is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George Cowl and starring Lew Fields, Madge Evans and Lillian Cook. It was shot at the Fort Lee studios in New Jersey.
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