09 Corner in Wheat
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"Corner in Wheat" is a short social drama, featuring Arthur
Johnson and cinematographer Billy Bitzer, stars of Silent Hall of Fame.
A greedy speculator decides to "corner" the wheat market,
artificially raise the price on the market and profit from this. He is
successful and makes a huge amount of money, but his action has disastrous
consequences in real life, where the price of bread doubles, many people cannot
afford it any more, wheat growers are ruined and the supply of charity bread is
drastically reduced.
"Corner in Wheat" was added to the National Film Registry in 1994
as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically
significant".
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
Scenario
D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods
Based on
the novel The Pit (1903) by Frank Norris
Cinematography
G.W. Bitzer
Starring
Frank Powell, Henry Walthall, Arthur Johnson
Distributed by
Biograph Company
Release date
December 13, 1909
Country
United States
Running time
14 m.
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