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A Corner in Wheat

190915 minUnited States
Drama
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
13:49
Subtitles
English

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Wikimedia Commons · D.W.Griffith · Public domain

Subtitles: Wikimedia Commons · Open Classic Cinema

Synopsis

A financier gains control of the wheat market while farmers continue their exhausting work and families struggle to buy bread. His success is celebrated with luxury and abundant food. By moving between those worlds, the film follows the human consequences of speculation and the distance separating a profitable transaction from an empty household table.

Cast

DirectorsD. W. Griffith

Inspirations

The story draws on Frank Norris's writing about grain speculation, including the short story A Deal in Wheat. Griffith and Frank E. Woods translate that economic conflict into a short sequence of contrasting settings.

Reference: MoMA — Anne MorraReference: Library of Congress — catalogue

Sources and availability

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 12, 2026.

Photograph credit

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  • Frank Powell — Pathé Frères; Robert Grau (1914) The Theatre of Science , Broadway publishing company, New York · Public domain
  • Grace Henderson — Theatre Magazine Co.; Theatre Magazine 1904 · Public domain
  • James Kirkwood — Unknown author Unknown author; Photoplay magazine · Public domain
  • Linda Arvidson — No photographer credited; Image of "Linda Griffith" published in The Moving Picture News (New York, N.Y.), 16 August 1913, p. 11; digital copy from Internet Archive (San Francisco, California): https://archive.org/details/movingpicturenew81unse/page/n250/mode/2up · Public domain
  • Gladys Egan — Unknown author Unknown author; https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250676/mediaindex?ref_=nm_phs_md_sm at International Movie Database · Public domain

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