Corner in wheat. Revenue man and his girl. Musketeers of Pig Alley. Girl and her trust. Battle at Elderbush Gulch.
Notes:
Silent films with English intertitles and added original organ score played by Rosa Rio. Title from container label. Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, Lionel Barrymore, Dorothy Gish, Henry B. Walthall. Originally produced by the Biograph Company as motion pictures, 1909-1913.
Contents:
A corner in wheat (1909, 17 min.) -- The revenue man and his girl (1911, ca. 18 min.) -- The musketeers of Pig Alley (1912, 20 min.) -- A girl and her trust (1912, ca. 15 min.) -- The battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913, 40 min.).
Summary:
A corner in wheat: Parallels the problems of a poor farmer and the dealings of an ill-fated "wheat king." Based on the novel The pit, by Frank Norris. The revenue man and his girl: The story of Kentucky mountain moonshiners and a young tax collector who disrupts their lives. The musketeers of Pig Alley: A young couple struggle against poverty and learn to co-exist with their gangster neighbors. A girl and her trust: Grace, a railroad telegraph operator fights train robbers who try to steal a $2000 payroll. The battle of Elderbush Gulch: A pair of young Eastern sisters go West to live with their uncles and encounter gun battles and Indian attacks.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)220828885
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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