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What Shall We Do with Our Old? (1911) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1911 · 14 mins
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- Directed by
- D.W. Griffith
- Starring
- Donald Crisp, Wilfred Lucas, Edward Dillon, Claire McDowell, William J. Butler, Guy Hedlund
When a doctor informs an elderly carpenter that his wife is gravely ill, his world collapses further when a ruthless shop foreman fires him solely because of his age. With employment prospects vanished and his wife's health rapidly declining, he is driven to desperate measures in a struggle to provide and protect her.
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