The Corner
Cast & Crew
Walter Edwards
George Fawcett
Willard Mack
Clara Williams
Louise Brownell
Charles Miller
Film Details
Synopsis
Ruthless millionaire David Waltham heads a syndicate that corners the food market through purchasing and then closing many canneries. After engineer John Adams, one of the thousands left unemployed because of Waltham's syndicate, loses his savings when his bank closes, he is caught stealing bread to feed his family and is sentenced to the workhouse for thirty days. He returns home to find that his wife was compelled to accept the attentions of the rent collector in order to feed their children. While bread lines and fights among the starving increase, Waltham remains unmoved. Embittered, John gets work in one of Waltham's storehouses. After he induces Waltham to come alone to the warehouse, John knocks him out and ties him up, hidden behind boxes, with food just out of his reach. Days later, Waltham's efforts to reach the food cause the boxes to fall and bury him.
Director
Walter Edwards
Cast
George Fawcett
Willard Mack
Clara Williams
Louise Brownell
Charles Miller
Crew
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Notes
The film opened in New York in December 1915. A railway wreck was staged for the film near San Bernardino, CA.
