The Unwelcome Guest

The Unwelcome Guest

17 mins | Drama | March 15, 1913

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).

The Unwelcome Guest

17 mins | Drama | March 15, 1913

The Unwelcome Guest
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).
Producers American Mutoscope & Biograph
Original title The Unwelcome Guest
Directors D.W. Griffith
Writers George Hennessy

Cast

Mary Pickford

as Jessie - the Slavey

W. Chrystie Miller

as The Old Father

Charles Hill Mailes

as The Son

Claire McDowell

as The Wife

Jack Pickford

as One of the Children

Elmer Booth

as The Hired Hand

Kate Bruce

as The Old Wife

Harry Carey

as The Sheriff

J. Jiquel Lanoe

as The Doctor

Lillian Gish

as At Auction (uncredited)

Lionel Barrymore

as At Auction (uncredited)