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The Miser's Heart (1911)

The Miser's Heart poster
Directed by
D. W. Griffith
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
18 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young girl forms a bond with a lonely miser. A thief complicates their lives with a robbery attempt.

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What happens

The Miser's Heart is a 1911 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith for the Biograph Company. It stars Ynez Seabury as a child who befriends a miser and a thief. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey, where early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century. A print of the film survives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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