What Shall We Do with Our Old?
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An elderly carpenter is told by a doctor that his wife is seriously ill. Soon afterwards, an insensitive shop foreman lays him off from his job because of his age. Unable to find work, and with his wife's condition getting worse, he soon becomes desperate.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1911-02-13
Runtime: 14 mins
Director: D.W. Griffith
Spoken language: No Language
Genres: Drama
Original title: What Shall We Do with Our Old?
Production Companies: American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
The Old Carpenter
W. Chrystie Miller
The Old Carpenter's Wife
Claire McDowell
The Doctor
Adolph Lestina
The Judge
George Nichols
Night Court Bailiff
Donald Crisp
Violent Jailbird
Wilfred Lucas
In Shop
Alfred Paget
Supporting Character
Charles West
Policeman
Francis J. Grandon
Young Carpenter
Guy Hedlund
Shop Worker
Alfred Paget
Shop Worker
W.C. Robinson
Assaulted Prisoner
Elmer Booth
Shop
William J. Butler