A Corner in Wheat
Genre:
Drama, Short
Countries:
USA
Release Date: December 13, 1909
Year: 1909
Runtime:14 mins
IMDb Rating:
A greedy tycoon decides, on a whim, to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing the grain's producers into charity lines and further into poverty. The film continues to contrast the ironic differences between the lives of those who work to grow the wheat and the life of the man who dabbles in its sale for profit.
Anthony O'Sullivan, Arthur V Johnson, Billy Quirk, Blanche Sweet, Charles Craig, Charles Hill Mailes, Dorothy West, Edith Haldeman, Edward Dillon, Frank Evans, Frank Powell, George Nichols, Gertrude Robinson, Gladys Egan, Grace Henderson, Henry B Walthall, Henry Lehrman, James Kirkwood, Jeanie Macpherson, Kate Bruce, Linda Arvidson, Mack Sennett, Owen M