The Corner Grocer

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The Corner Grocer (1917)

Directed by George Cowl

Drama · 50m

Kindhearted Charles Wendel, who has built his pushcart grocery business into a prosperous enterprise, adopts little eight-year-old Mary Brian after her mother dies in poverty. The little girl becomes the angel of the house, beloved by all. Wendel's dream is that his son Ralph will carry on the business, but when Ralph graduates from college, he decides that he is too good for the grocery business. Instead, he goes to work in a bank where he falls prey to swindlers who convince him to forge his father's name on a $100,000 check. When the forgery is discovered, the old man covers the check at the cost of his own financial ruin. Ralph, chagrined, leaves home to make good and soon after returns, prosperous, to wed Mary and restore the fortune and happiness of the Wendel family.

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Cast

Lew Fields Charles Wendel Madge Evans Mary Brian, age 8 Lillian Cook Mary Brian, age 18 Nick Long Jr. Ralph Wendel, age 10 William Sherwood Ralph Wendel, age 20 Vivia Ogden Old Maid Stanhope Wheatcroft William
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Justine Cutting Lena Wendel
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George Cowl Oscar Leaming
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Pinna Nesbit Stella

Crew

Director
George Cowl
Screenplay
Adolf Philipp
Director of Photography
Lucien Tainguy

Details

Release date
1917-10-01
Runtime
50m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
World Film, Peerless Productions