The Old Actor
About The Old Actor
An old actor who lives with his wife and daughter is fired for being too old. On the way home he cannot tell them, so he dresses as a beggar. His daughter's beau means to give him a small coin and hands him a five-dollar gold piece. A policeman, the daughter, and the beau chase him. When they catch him, the daughter knows her father. They forgive him. The actor hired in his place has already been fired, and a messenger brings the old man back to the company.
Cast & crew
More about The Old Actor
D. W. Griffith directed. G. W. Bitzer photographed it for Biograph in 1912. Wikidata gives 17 minutes. W. Chrystie Miller plays the actor. Kate Bruce, Mary Pickford, Edwin August, Charles Hill Mailes, and Alfred Paget are in the cast.
Themes
Look
G. W. Bitzer photographed the street chase and the theater door.
Preservation
A copy circulates, including the Internet Archive file silent-the-old-actor.
Notes
- The wrong coin is a five-dollar gold piece.
- The replacement actor is already gone by the time the messenger arrives.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-the-old-actor.
- The disguise is a beggar's clothes, put on between the theater and home.
Scenes
- He takes the gold piece in beggar's clothes and the chase starts.
- A messenger arrives to hire him back.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-the-old-actor)
