A Midas of the Desert Trailer

A Midas of the Desert Trailer (1915)

08 January 1915 Drama 20 mins

When a malaria epidemic breaks out, miserly store owner Jed Thompson exploits the situation by selling essential quinine capsules at an exorbitant price to the local gold miners. He refuses credit to miner Ray Knowles, whose father is sick. Jed’s daughter Dora, however, gives Ray some capsules. For this Jed banishes her to work in the mines. When she falls ill with the disease, he withholds the medication and wandering in delirium she is taken in by the Knowles. Rallying the other miners, they cast Jed out into the desert where he perishes, imagining all around him has turned to gold.

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Cast

Walter Edwards

as Jed Thompson

Betty Burbridge

as Dora Thompson

Alfred Hollingsworth

as Old Bill Knowles

Roy Coulson

as Ray Knowles

Crew

International Releases Dates

United States 08 January 1915

Production Companies

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