A Corner in Wheat

A Corner in Wheat

Infobox Film
name = A Corner in Wheat


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director = David Wark Griffith
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writer = Frank Norris (book)
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starring = Frank Powell
Grace Henderson
James Kirkwood
Linda Arvidson
W. C. Miller
Gladys Egan
H. B. Walthall
Blanche Sweet
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distributor = American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
released = December 13, 1909
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country = flagicon|US United States
language = Silent film
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imdb_id = 0000832

"A Corner in Wheat" is a 1909 short 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. It was directed by D. W. Griffith and adapted by Griffith and Frank E. Woods from the novel "The Pit" (1903) by Frank Norris.

Intercutting (cross-cutting) between still tableaux of the poor in the bread line and the lavish, active parties of the wealthy speculator somewhat anticipates the collision montage which became a hallmark of the politically-charged Soviet cinema a decade or so later.

In 1994, "A Corner in Wheat" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

ee also

* D. W. Griffith filmography
* Blanche Sweet filmography

External links

* [http://www.archive.org/details/D.w.Griffith-ACornerInWheat1909 "A Corner in Wheat"] , available at Internet Archive (full film)
*imdb title|id=0000832|title=A Corner in Wheat


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