Greater Wealth

Greater Wealth

11 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1913

John Sharon, a steel magnate is immensely successful from the worldly point of view, while Ed Young, his humble employee, views himself as a failure because his income shrinks as his family responsibilities increase. Sharon's only son is a drunken disappointment, his wife becomes alienated from him, and his daughter falls critically ill.

Greater Wealth

11 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1913

Greater Wealth
John Sharon, a steel magnate is immensely successful from the worldly point of view, while Ed Young, his humble employee, views himself as a failure because his income shrinks as his family responsibilities increase. Sharon's only son is a drunken disappointment, his wife becomes alienated from him, and his daughter falls critically ill.
Producers Selig Polyscope Company
Original title Greater Wealth
Directors Colin Campbell
Writers Lanier Bartlett

Cast

Hobart Bosworth

as John Sharon

Eugenie Besserer

as Mrs. John Sharon

Wheeler Oakman

as Harold - John Sharon's Wayward Son

Tom Santschi

as Ed Young

Bessie Eyton

as Mrs. Ed Young

Baby Lillian Wade

as Little Mary Young

Frank Clark

as Louis Schwartz - 1st Laborer

Eddie James

as John Ericson - 2nd Laborer

Fred Huntley

as Dr. John Meekins

Camille Astor

as The Nurse