A Timely Interception

A Timely Interception

17 mins | Drama | June 7, 1913

A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired from his job on the oil rig, the wedding must be postponed and the money put to the more pressing need. The farmer, now himself destitute, is forced to put his house up for sale to repay his creditors. Meanwhile, a man from the oil syndicate discovers oil on the farmer's land. Moving quickly, the syndicate tries to buy the farm before the farmer knows what he is selling. -Harpodeon

A Timely Interception

17 mins | Drama | June 7, 1913

A Timely Interception
A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired from his job on the oil rig, the wedding must be postponed and the money put to the more pressing need. The farmer, now himself destitute, is forced to put his house up for sale to repay his creditors. Meanwhile, a man from the oil syndicate discovers oil on the farmer's land. Moving quickly, the syndicate tries to buy the farm before the farmer knows what he is selling. -Harpodeon
Producers American Mutoscope & Biograph
Original title A Timely Interception
Directors D.W. Griffith
Writers Christy Cabanne

Cast

W. Chrystie Miller

as The Farmer

Lillian Gish

as The Farmer's Daughter

Robert Harron

as The Farmer's Adopted Son

Lionel Barrymore

as Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother

Lucille Hutton

as May - Uncle James's Daughter

Joseph McDermott

as The Oil Syndicate Prospector

William J. Butler

as The Oil Syndicate Officer

Alfred Paget

as The Oil Syndicate Officer

Frank Evans

as First Oil Rig Foreman

Frank Opperman

as Second Oil Rig Foreman

Adolph Lestina

as Uncle James's Friend

Charles Gorman

as The Policeman