What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911 · 14 min · Drama
An elderly carpenter is told by a doctor that his wife is seriously ill. Soon afterwards, an insensitive shop foreman lays him off from his job because of his age. Unable to find work, and with his wife's condition getting worse, he soon becomes desperate.
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Released
- February 13, 1911
- Language
- English
Cast
W. Chrystie Miller
The Old Carpenter
Claire McDowell
The Old Carpenter's Wife
Adolph Lestina
The Doctor
George Nichols
The Judge
Donald Crisp
Night Court Bailiff
Wilfred Lucas
Violent Jailbird
Alfred Paget
In Shop
Charles West
Supporting Character
Francis J. Grandon
Policeman
Guy Hedlund
Young Carpenter
Alfred Paget
Shop Worker
W.C. Robinson
Shop Worker
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