Over the Hills to the Poor House

Synopsis

The widowed elderly mother of three adult children, two sons and a daughter, wishing to relieve herself of the burden of care of her property, decides to divide it up among her children. To her son Charles, a wild but kind young fellow, she leaves a small amount, feeling that he will soon run through it. The good-hearted boy is perfectly satisfied, believing in the wisdom of his mother's actions. He assumes she will find a home with one of his siblings, who are married and settled. The old woman moves in with her married son, but is driven out by his wife over an argument about her young granddaughter. She is forced to move into a squalid apartment in a cheap tenement house, but is evicted for failing to pay her rent. Mack Sennett appears as a bartender in this film.

Main Cast

Florence Auer

Old Woman

Age : 82 | Popularity : 3%

Edward Dillon

Son

Age : 54 | Popularity : 7%

Wallace McCutcheon Jr.

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Anthony O'Sullivan

Bailiff

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Mack Sennett

Bartender

Age : 80 | Popularity : 14%

Robert G. Vignola

Age : 71 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Billy Bitzer
Writing	Writer	D.W. Griffith
	Story	Will Carleton
Crew	Cinematography	Arthur Marvin
Directing	Director	Stanner E.V. Taylor
Department	Role	Name

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