What Shall We Do with Our Old?
5.5
8 votes
February 13, 1911
14m
Overview
An elderly carpenter is told by a doctor that his wife is seriously ill. Soon afterwards, an insensitive shop foreman lays him off from his job because of his age. Unable to find work, and with his wife's condition getting worse, he soon becomes desperate.
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Cast
W. Chrystie Miller
The Old Carpenter
Claire McDowell
The Old Carpenter's Wife
Adolph Lestina
The Doctor
George Nichols
The Judge
Donald Crisp
Night Court Bailiff
Wilfred Lucas
Violent Jailbird
Alfred Paget
In Shop
Charles West
Supporting Character
Francis J. Grandon
PolicemanGuy Hedlund
Young CarpenterAlfred Paget
Shop WorkerW.C. Robinson
Shop Worker
Elmer Booth
Assaulted PrisonerWilliam J. Butler
Shop
Edward Dillon
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