Over the Hills to the Poor House (1908)

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The widowed elderly mother of three adult children, two sons and a daughter, wishing to relieve herself of the burden of care of her property, decides to divide it up among her children. To her son Charles, a wild but kind young fellow, she leaves a small amount, feeling that he will soon run through it. The good-hearted boy is perfectly satisfied, believing in the wisdom of his mother's actions. He assumes she will find a home with one of his siblings, who are married and settled. The old woman moves in with her married son, but is driven out by his wife over an argument about her young granddaughter. She is forced to move into a squalid apartment in a cheap tenement house, but is evicted for failing to pay her rent. Mack Sennett appears as a bartender in this film.

Cast & Crew

Director
Stanner E.V. Taylor
  • Profile picture of Florence Auer
    Old Woman Florence Auer
  • Profile picture of Edward Dillon
    Son Edward Dillon
  • Profile picture of Mack Sennett
    Bartender Mack Sennett
  • Profile picture of Robert G. Vignola
    Robert G. Vignola

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