Wikisource:WikiProject Film/Drafts/Archives/A Corner in Wheat
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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CORNER IN WHEAT
Copyright December 13, 1909 By
BIOGRAPH COMPANY
NEW YORK
02:14
THE
WHEAT KING
ENGINEERING THE GREAT CORNER
03:08
IN THE
WHEAT PIT
THE FINAL THRESHING
04:29
HIS ANSWER TO THE RUINED MAN'S PLEA
"GET IT IN THE PIT WHERE I GOT IT"
05:25
THE GOLD OF THE WHEAT
06:05
THE CHAFF OF THE WHEAT
06:08
Don't blame us
the
rise in wheat
is responsible
Owing to the
advance in the
price of flour
the usual 5cs loaf
will be 10cts
08:55
THE HIGH PRICE CUTS DOWN THE BREAD FUND
09:29
A VISIT TO THE ELEVATORS
10:27
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