The Corner (1915)
Drama | December 1915
Director:
Walter EdwardsWriter:
C. Gardner SullivanProduction Companies:
New York Motion Picture Corp., Kay-BeeFilming took place in Los Angeles, CA. A railway wreck was staged near San Bernardino, CA. The 11 September 1916 Motion Picture News reported, "Two engines were purchased together with a number of cars, and permission was secured from the Southern Pacific Railway to stage a head-on collision. Two trains started toward each other from opposite directions, colliding at the edge of a bank overhanging a stream."
A release date of 9 January 1916 was listed in the 8 January 1916 Motography, however an advertisement in the 5 December 1915 NYT announced the film was currently playing at the Knickerbocker Theatre, and the 13 Dec 1915 Chicago Tribune listed current screenings at the Studebaker Theater. ...
Filming took place in Los Angeles, CA. A railway wreck was staged near San Bernardino, CA. The 11 September 1916 Motion Picture News reported, "Two engines were purchased together with a number of cars, and permission was secured from the Southern Pacific Railway to stage a head-on collision. Two trains started toward each other from opposite directions, colliding at the edge of a bank overhanging a stream."
A release date of 9 January 1916 was listed in the 8 January 1916 Motography, however an advertisement in the 5 December 1915 NYT announced the film was currently playing at the Knickerbocker Theatre, and the 13 Dec 1915 Chicago Tribune listed current screenings at the Studebaker Theater.
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 ...
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.
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