What Shall We Do with Our Old?

14m
Drama
5.5

An elderly carpenter is told by a doctor that his wife is seriously ill. Soon afterwards, an insensitive shop foreman lays him off from his job because of his age. Unable to find work, and with his wife's condition getting worse, he soon becomes desperate.

Cast

W. Chrystie Miller
The Old Carpenter
Claire McDowell
The Old Carpenter's Wife
Adolph Lestina
The Doctor
George Nichols
The Judge
Donald Crisp
Night Court Bailiff
Wilfred Lucas
Violent Jailbird
Alfred Paget
In Shop, Shop Worker
Charles West
Supporting Character
Francis J. Grandon
Policeman
Guy Hedlund
Young Carpenter
W.C. Robinson
Shop Worker
Elmer Booth
Assaulted Prisoner
William J. Butler
Shop
Edward Dillon
In SHop
John T. Dillon
In Jail

Crew

D.W. Griffith
Director
Billy Bitzer
Cinematography

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