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Old Joel Smith is charged with murder in the first degree. At the trial he pleads in opposition to his own lawyers. He explains that he is now too old to be of any assistance to his widowed daughter and his grand-children who are dependent on him for support. He says he prefers death to a life of poverty and wretchedness. In telling the judge and jury his pathetic story (which is shown on the screen) old Joel betrays a love for his grandchildren and his fellow laborers that is poignant with pathos.
Dirigida por Alice Guy-Blaché 14min 1912-10-23
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Sinopsis
Old Joel Smith is charged with murder in the first degree. At the trial he pleads in opposition to his own lawyers. He explains that he is now too old to be of any assistance to his widowed daughter and his grand-children who are dependent on him for support. He says he prefers death to a life of poverty and wretchedness. In telling the judge and jury his pathetic story (which is shown on the screen) old Joel betrays a love for his grandchildren and his fellow laborers that is poignant with pathos.
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- Título original: The High Cost of Living
- Director: Alice Guy-Blaché
- Duración: 14 minutos
- Estado: Estrenada
- Año: 1912
- Fecha Estreno: 1912-10-23
- Género: Drama
- Idioma original: Inglés
- Presupuesto: s/d
- Recaudación: s/d
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