A Timely Interception (1913)

A Timely Interception

1913

Drama

Synopsis

A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired from his job on the oil rig, the wedding must be postponed and the money put to the more pressing need. The farmer, now himself destitute, is forced to put his house up for sale to repay his creditors. Meanwhile, a man from the oil syndicate discovers oil on the farmer's land. Moving quickly, the syndicate tries to buy the farm before the farmer knows what he is selling. -Harpodeon

Credits

Director

D.W. Griffith

Cast

Alfred Paget as The Oil Syndicate Officer

Frank Evans as First Oil Rig Foreman

Frank Opperman as Second Oil Rig Foreman

Joseph McDermott as The Oil Syndicate Prospector

Lillian Gish as The Farmer's Daughter

Lionel Barrymore as Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother

Lucille Hutton as May - Uncle James's Daughter

Robert Harron as The Farmer's Adopted Son