The Unwelcome Guest
5.5
Just before she dies, an elderly married woman stashes the horde of money she's secretly accumulated beneath the false bottom of an old shipping trunk. After her death, her husband, believing himself penniless, has to leave their old home and move in with his son's family, where he's treated with no respect or consideration. Also on the scene is a newly-hired kindly young housekeeper. She and the old gentleman become close friends and eventually run away together (taking the old shipping trunk with them).
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Cast
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Mary Pickford
Jessie - the Slavey
Known for
The Lonely Villa
W. Chrystie Miller
The Old Father
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
The Lonedale Operator
Charles Hill Mailes
The Son
Known for
The Mark of Zorro
Claire McDowell
The Wife
Known for
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Jack Pickford
One of the Children
Known for
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Elmer Booth
The Hired Hand
Known for
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Kate Bruce
The Old Wife
Known for
Way Down East
A Corner in Wheat
Harry Carey
The Sheriff
Known for
Red River
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
J. Jiquel Lanoe
The Doctor
Also in
Lena and the Geese
Judith of Bethulia
Lillian Gish
At Auction (uncredited)
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
The Birth of a Nation
Lionel Barrymore
At Auction (uncredited)
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
You Can't Take It with You
D.W. Griffith Director · George Hennessy Screenplay Billy Bitzer Cinematographer
United States release March 15, 1913 · Produced in United States
Production
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · March 15, 1913
Theatrical
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