A Timely Interception (1913)
A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired from his job on the oil rig, the wedding must be postponed and the money put to the more pressing need. The farmer, now himself destitute, is forced to put his house up for sale to repay his creditors. Meanwhile, a man from the oil syndicate discovers oil on the farmer's land. Moving quickly, the syndicate tries to buy the farm before the farmer knows what he is selling. -Harpodeon
- Data di uscita
- 1913-06-07
- TMDB
- 4.8 / 10 (2)
- Durata
- 17 min
- Generi
- Dramma
- Regista
- D.W. Griffith
Cast
- W. Chrystie Miller — The Farmer
- Lillian Gish — The Farmer's Daughter
- Robert Harron — The Farmer's Adopted Son
- Lionel Barrymore — Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother
- Lucille Hutton — May - Uncle James's Daughter
- Joseph McDermott — The Oil Syndicate Prospector
- William J. Butler — The Oil Syndicate Officer
- Alfred Paget — The Oil Syndicate Officer
- Frank Evans — First Oil Rig Foreman
- Frank Opperman — Second Oil Rig Foreman
- Adolph Lestina — Uncle James's Friend
- Charles Gorman — The Policeman
Curiosità
A Timely Interception è un cortometraggio muto del 1913 diretto da D.W. Griffith e scritto da Christy Cabanne.
Produzione
Il film fu prodotto dalla Biograph Company. Venne girato in California e a Nogales, in Arizona.
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