The Miser’s Heart
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Adolph Lestina [the miser], Lionel Barrymore [Jules, the thief], Kate Toncray [the woman], Robert Harron [the baker’s assistant], Ynez Seabury [Little Kathy], Linda Arvidson [Kathy’s mother], Edward Dillon [the broke young man], Edith Haldeman [the little child], Wilfred Lucas [the first crook], Charles Hill Mailes [the second crook], William J. Butler [a policeman], Donald Crisp [a policeman], Alfred Paget [a policeman], Frank Evans [a policeman], Adele de Garde [a neighbor], Blanche Sweet [a neighbor], W.C. Robinson [a man in front of the clothing store], J. Waltham [a man on the street]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by George Hennessy. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 20 November 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical format. / The film was rereleased in the USA on 17 January 1916.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Buildings - Candles - Children - Crime - Criminals: Thieves - Gags - Law: Enforcement: Police: Policemen, Police stations - Misers - Rescues - Rooftops - Rope - Safes - Signage - Street scenes - Stoves - Toys: Dolls - USA: New York: New York
Listing updated: 28 April 2012.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 43; Everson-American p. 46; Lahue-Kops pp. 45-46; Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.
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