Olaf—An Atom

Olaf—An Atom

17 mins | Drama, Fantasy | May 19, 1913

Broken by grief after his mother's death, Olaf becomes a wanderer. He is treated cruelly until he is given a meal by a woman at the homestead where she lives with her husband and baby. Olaf is able to return her kindness when he overhears a plot to rob the settlers of their home. He alerts the couple and delays the would-be thieves long enough for the husband to file a claim on his land. Olaf is injured by the claim jumpers but he recovers, alone and forgotten by those he has helped. He then moves aimlessly along.

Olaf—An Atom

17 mins | Drama, Fantasy | May 19, 1913

Olaf—An Atom
Broken by grief after his mother's death, Olaf becomes a wanderer. He is treated cruelly until he is given a meal by a woman at the homestead where she lives with her husband and baby. Olaf is able to return her kindness when he overhears a plot to rob the settlers of their home. He alerts the couple and delays the would-be thieves long enough for the husband to file a claim on his land. Olaf is injured by the claim jumpers but he recovers, alone and forgotten by those he has helped. He then moves aimlessly along.
Producers American Mutoscope & Biograph
Original title Olaf—An Atom
Directors Anthony O'Sullivan
Writers William E. Wing

Cast

Harry Carey

as Olaf, an Atom

Kate Bruce

as Olaf's Mother

Charles Hill Mailes

as A Parent

Claire McDowell

as A Parent

Donald Crisp

as The Beggar

Frank Evans

as The Blacksmith

John T. Dillon

as The Claim Jumper

Thomas Jefferson

as The Doctor (unconfirmed)