(Over the Hills to the Poor House)

Content: The widowed elderly mother of three adult children, two sons and a daughter, wishing to relieve herself of the burden of care of her property, decides to divide it up among her children. To her son Charles, a wild but kind young fellow, she leaves a small amount, feeling that he will soon run through it. The good-hearted boy is perfectly satisfied, believing in the wisdom of his mother's actions. He assumes she will find a home with one of his siblings, who are married and settled. The old woman moves in with her married son, but is driven out by his wife over an argument about her young granddaughter. She is forced to move into a squalid apartment in a cheap tenement house, but is evicted for failing to pay her rent. Mack Sennett appears as a bartender in this film.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

12 minutes

Year:

1908

Directors:

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Production companies:

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

Actors:

Old Woman

Son

Bailiff

Bartender

Crews:

Director of Photography

Director

Writer

Cinematography

Story