User: M-le-mot-dit
File: Corner in Wheat.webm
Author: David Llewelyn Wark Griffith
Publisher: Biograph Company
Year: 1909
PD: PD/US|1948
Note: 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".
Cat: Drama film, Silent film
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{{Center|CORNER IN WHEAT
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{{Xx-smaller|Copyright December 13, 1909 By}}<br />
'''BIOGRAPH COMPANY'''<br />
{{Smaller|'''NEW YORK'''}}}}
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02:14
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{{Center|{{X-larger block|THE<br />
WHEAT KING}}
{{Rule|10em}}
ENGINEERING THE GREAT CORNER
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03:08
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{{Center|{{X-larger block|IN THE<br />
WHEAT PIT}}
{{Rule|10em}}
THE FINAL THRESHING}}
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04:29
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{{Center|HIS ANSWER TO THE RUINED MAN'S PLEA<br />
{{ft/d|"GET IT IN THE PIT WHERE I GOT IT"}}}}
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05:25
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{{Center|THE GOLD OF THE WHEAT}}
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06:05
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{{Center|THE CHAFF OF THE WHEAT}}
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06:08
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{{Center|{{Cursive block|{{Smaller block|Don't blame us<br />
{{X-smaller|the}}<br />
rise in wheat<br />
is responsible}}
{{Dhr}}
{{Fine block|Owing to the<br />
advance in the<br />
price of flour<br />
the usual 5{{Sup|cs}} loaf<br />
will be 10{{Sup|cts}}}}}}}}
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08:55
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{{Center|THE HIGH PRICE CUTS DOWN THE BREAD FUND}}
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09:29
{{ft/s|
{{Center|A VISIT TO THE ELEVATORS}}
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10:27
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{{Block center|{{Fine block|MR. W. J. HAMMOND:<br />
{{Gap|4em}}DEAR SIR:— —<br />
{{Gap|8em}}YOU HAVE CONTROL ON THE ENTIRE<br />
MARKET OF THE WORLD. YESTERDAY ADDED $4.000.000 TO<br />
YOUR FORTUNE.<br /><br />
{{Gap|8em}}SINCERELY.}}}}
{{Center|{{Cursive|H. J. Martin}}<br />
{{Smaller|Accountant}}}}
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