Drama · United States of America · 1911 · 16m

The Miser's Heart

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Director
D.W. Griffith
Cast
Adolph Lestina as The Miser Ynez Seabury as Little Kathy Kate Toncray as Little Kathy's Mother Edward Dillon as Jules, an Impoverished Thief Robert Harron as Bakery Assistant Wilfred Lucas as First Crook
Crew
Billy Bitzer — Director of Photography George Hennessy — Writer
Tagline

A FABLE OF GREED, PERIL & REGENERATION

Synopsis

Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them, so they threaten to kill a little girl who lives in his building.

Mood & Themes
child in perilthiefmisersilent filmchild endangerment
Key Collaborators
D.W. Griffith Director Billy Bitzer Director of Photography George Hennessy Writer
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