A Corner in Wheat

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A Corner in Wheat (1909)
by David Llewelyn Wark Griffith

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A 1909 American short silent film which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the world market on wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread. The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Key (info)
	Dialogue
	In scene
	Storyline

Cast and Crew
Cast
Role	Actor
	Blanche Sweet
	Frank Powell
	Grace Henderson
	James Kirkwood
	Linda Arvidson
	W. Chrystie Miller
	Gladys Egan
	Henry B. Walthall
	Kate Bruce
	William J. Butler
	Charles Craig
	Edward Dillon
	Frank Evans
	Edith Haldeman
	Robert Harron
	Arthur V. Johnson
	Henry Lehrman
	Jeanie MacPherson
	Charles Hill Mailes
	Owen Moore
	George Nichols
	Anthony O'Sullivan
	Billy Quirk
	Gertrude Robinson
	Mack Sennett
	Dorothy West
Crew
Production company	Biograph Company
Distributor	Biograph Company
Director	D. W. Griffith (d. 1948)
Screenwriter	D. W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods (d. 1939)
Cinematographer	Billy Bitzer (d. 1944)
Editor	James Smith
Based on available information, the latest crew member that is relevant to international copyright laws died in 1948, meaning that this film may be in the public domain in countries and jurisdictions with 75 years p.m.a. or less, as well as in the United States.

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4060772A Corner in Wheat1909David Llewelyn Wark Griffith

CORNER IN WHEAT

Copyright December 13, 1909 By
BIOGRAPH COMPANY
NEW YORK

THE
WHEAT KING

ENGINEERING THE GREAT CORNER

IN THE
WHEAT PIT

THE FINAL THRESHING

HIS ANSWER TO THE RUINED MAN'S PLEA

"GET IT IN THE PIT WHERE I GOT IT"

THE GOLD OF THE WHEAT

THE CHAFF OF THE WHEAT

Don't blame us
the
rise in wheat
is responsible

Owing to the
advance in the
price of flour
the usual 5^cs loaf
will be 10^cts

THE HIGH PRICE CUTS DOWN THE BREAD FUND

A VISIT TO THE ELEVATORS

MR. W. J. HAMMOND:
DEAR SIR:— —
YOU HAVE CONTROL ON THE ENTIRE
MARKET OF THE WORLD. YESTERDAY ADDED $4.000.000 TO
YOUR FORTUNE.

SINCERELY.

H. J. Martin
Accountant

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1948, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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