
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911
0h 14m
5.5
US
Drama
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.
Movie Details
Languages
No Language
Key Crew

D.W. Griffith
Director
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
Policeman
G
Guy Hedlund
Young Carpenter

Alfred Paget
Shop Worker
W
W.C. Robinson
Shop Worker

Elmer Booth
Assaulted Prisoner
W
William J. Butler
Shop

Edward Dillon
In SHop
J
John T. Dillon
In Jail