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A Welcome Intruder
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by [?] Anthony O’Sullivan and/or D.W. Griffith?
Cast: Charles Hill Mailes [the father], Kate Toncray [the neighbor], Charles West [the workman], W. Chrystie Miller [the shopkeeper], Joseph McDermott [the policeman], Frank Opperman [the hurdy-gurdy man; and at the second site], Claire McDowell [a widow], Adolph Lestina [the construction boss], William A. Carroll [the wagon driver], John T. Dillon [a man on the street]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Belle Taylor. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 24 March 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Katherine Stone (in Barry-Griffith p. 43) notes that this film was probably directed by D.W. Griffith, though no contemporary facts confirming this are available.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A widower received aid from a kind-hearted neighbor, who not only helped the man with the light housework, but usually kept a watchful eye over the little boy. The father is a boss carpenter and is forced to leave the little one alone the whole day long. A discharged workman sees in the boy a chance for revenge, which opportunity he takes and while it nearly drives the father insane, it results as a great blessing for all concerned.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 December 2024.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-IMDb.
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