Over the Hills to the Poor House

1908 0h 12m EN

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4.8

SKIP

★4.8TMDB · 2

Drama

Synopsis

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The widowed elderly mother of three adult children, two sons and a daughter, wishing to relieve herself of the burden of care of her property, decides to divide it up among her children. To her son Charles, a wild but kind young fellow, she leaves a small amount, feeling that he will soon run through it. The good-hearted boy is perfectly satisfied, believing in the wisdom of his mother's actions. He assumes she will find a home with one of his siblings, who are married and settled. The old woman moves in with her married son, but is driven out by his wife over an argument about her young granddaughter. She is forced to move into a squalid apartment in a cheap tenement house, but is evicted for failing to pay her rent. Mack Sennett appears as a bartender in this film.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Florence Auer
Old Woman
Edward Dillon
Son
Wallace McCutcheon Jr.
Anthony O'Sullivan
Bailiff
Mack Sennett
Bartender
Robert G. Vignola

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stanner E.V. Taylor
Writers: D.W. Griffith, Will Carleton
Languages: No Language
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 7

RUNTIME

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Tight 12-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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118 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Stanner E.V. Taylor, shot by Billy Bitzer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Florence Auer and Edward Dillon and Wallace McCutcheon Jr. carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0000737 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Stanner E.V. Taylor directs. Billy Bitzer behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 12-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2118 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Stanner E.V. Taylor, shot by Billy Bitzer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Florence Auer and Edward Dillon and Wallace McCutcheon Jr. carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0000737 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.