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A Corner in Wheat

Director: D. W. Griffith
Cast: Blanche Sweet Frank Powell Grace Henderson James Kirkwood Linda Arvidson W. Chrystie Miller
Genre: Drama
Premiere: 1909
Running time: 14 min
Country: USA

A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 American short silent film which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the market in wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread. It was directed by D. W. Griffith and adapted by Griffith and Frank E. Woods from a novel and a short story by Frank Norris, titled The Pit and "A Deal in Wheat". Griffith may have had a real-life inspiration: six months earlier, James A. Patten had actually cornered the market in wheat, and in some cities, the price of bread doubled from five cents to ten, just as in the movie.

In 1994, A Corner in Wheat was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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A Corner in Wheat is a movie (1909) from USA. Genre: drama. Directed by D. W. Griffith. Starring Blanche Sweet, Frank Powell, Grace Henderson, James Kirkwood and Linda Arvidson. Running time: 14 min.

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