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The Wheat King
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A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 American short silent film which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the world market in wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread.
A Corner in Wheat: Directed by D.W. Griffith. With Frank Powell, Grace Henderson, James Kirkwood, Linda Arvidson. An unscrupulous and greedy capitalist speculator decides to corner the wheat market for his own profit, establishing complete control over the markets.
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- Short, Crime, Drama
- D.W. Griffith
- 1909-12-13
Library of Congress. 285K subscribers. 307. 22K views 5 years ago. For more information and to download this film, please visit https://www.loc.gov/item/2012600307/. The father of the American...
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Mar 15, 2012 · A Corner in Wheat, also based on Frank Norris’s 1901 novel The Octopus and 1903 story A Deal in Wheat, is an allegorical drama in which the humble farmer sows the wheat, the wheat gambler corners the market in this precious commodity, and then the impoverished consumer is forced to pay more for a meager loaf of bread.
Sep 20, 2013 · A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 American short silent film which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the world market on wheat, destroying the lives of the people...
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Jun 13, 2001 · A film review of D. W. Griffith's 1909 short, based on Frank Norris' novel, that depicts the effects of capitalism on farmers, speculators and urban poor. The review examines the film's editing, intertitles, themes and legacy, and compares it with Eisenstein's October.
Dec 31, 2014 · 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.
