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Over the Hills to the Poor House (1908) (1908)

Over the Hills to the Poor House (1908) poster
Original title
Over the Hills to the Poor House
Directed by
Stanner E.V. Taylor
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
12 min
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a short silent film from 1908 based on a poem. It shows a story about aging and poverty, focusing on a person who ends up in a poorhouse.

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What happens

Over the Hill to the Poorhouse è un cortometraggio muto del 1908 diretto da Stanner E.V. Taylor: La poesia di Will Carleton Over the Hill to the Poor House, che ispirò il soggetto del film e che venne adattata in seguito per altre versioni cinematografiche, originariamente era parte della raccolta Farm Ballads pubblicata a New York nel 1873. Il cortometraggio, interpretato da Florence Auer, Edward Dillon e Mack Sennett, venne prodotto dall'American Mutoscope and Biograph Company che lo distribuì in sala il 26 giugno 1908. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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