Olaf—An Atom (1913)

Olaf—An Atom

1913

Drama Fantasy

Synopsis

Broken by grief after his mother's death, Olaf becomes a wanderer. He is treated cruelly until he is given a meal by a woman at the homestead where she lives with her husband and baby. Olaf is able to return her kindness when he overhears a plot to rob the settlers of their home. He alerts the couple and delays the would-be thieves long enough for the husband to file a claim on his land. Olaf is injured by the claim jumpers but he recovers, alone and forgotten by those he has helped. He then moves aimlessly along.

Credits

Director

Anthony O'Sullivan

Cast

Charles Hill Mailes as A Parent

Claire McDowell as A Parent

Donald Crisp as The Beggar

Frank Evans as The Blacksmith

Harry Carey as Olaf, an Atom

John T. Dillon as The Claim Jumper

Kate Bruce as Olaf's Mother

Thomas Jefferson as The Doctor (unconfirmed)