A son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his parents' inn. They don't recognize him, but noticing his fat wallet, plan to rob him.
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Mary Pickford as Mary
Herbert Prior as The Father
Charles West as Will
Anita Hendrie as The Mother
Harry Solter as The Employer
Charles Avery as Extra
Arthur V. Johnson as On Stairs / In Bank
David Miles as Neighbor
Owen Moore as On Stairs / In Bank
Anthony O'Sullivan as Creditor
Frank Powell as In Bank
Mack Sennett as Creditor / Neighbor
D.W. Griffith Screenplay
D.W. Griffith Director
Billy Bitzer Director of Photography
Guy de Maupassant Novel
Arthur Marvin Cinematography
United States 14 June 1909
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1909:
19 July 1909
Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the critical moment, the woman introduces her fiancé from the city.
31 December 1909
Illustrates a man's struggle to overcome an inherited love for drink. Although yet a young man, the enemy of his family had already sunk its claws firmly upon James Grant.
09 September 1909
This story of the Black Hills consistently tells of the unrequited love of a Sioux brave for his chief's daughter, and how he premonished the awful results of her ominous marriage with a white cowboy.
06 May 1909
First film of Burnham Beeches, the famous beauty spot and ultimate film location.
30 August 1909
Tom and Ethel separately decide to go bathing in a river. Pranksters switch their clothes and they each have to dress up as the opposite sex.
24 November 1909
A mountain girl is seduced by a traveler from the valley. Her brother tracks the seducer down and kills him.
08 December 1909
Documentary about making cheese in the Netherlands.
02 December 1909
During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, Catholic worship is forbidden on pain of death. Three soldiers are arrested as Catholics and condemned to die.
19 February 1909
A young sailor dozes off in the grass in Frederiksberg Have and wakes up surrounded by supernatural fairylike creatures.
27 November 1909
Jim Flanders, a wealthy ranchman, has a beautiful daughter, Alice, who is loved by Tom Ripley, the foreman of the ranch.
05 April 1909
A tramp tries to get himself arrested so he can sleep in the nice, warm jail, but the police keep ignoring him or arresting the wrong person.
29 July 1909
A Greek woman marries a struggling sculptor. When he can't support her and their baby, she offers to sell herself as a slave to allow them to buy food.
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