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A Corner in Wheat

  • 1909
  • G
  • 14 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,6/10
2896
IHRE BEWERTUNG
A Corner in Wheat (1909)
TragedyCrimeDramaShort

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAn unscrupulous and greedy speculator decides to corner the wheat market for his own profit, establishing complete control over the markets.An unscrupulous and greedy speculator decides to corner the wheat market for his own profit, establishing complete control over the markets.An unscrupulous and greedy speculator decides to corner the wheat market for his own profit, establishing complete control over the markets.

  • Regie
    • D.W. Griffith
  • Drehbuch
    • D.W. Griffith
    • Frank Norris
    • Frank E. Woods
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Frank Powell
    • Grace Henderson
    • James Kirkwood
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  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,6/10
    2896
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • D.W. Griffith
    • Drehbuch
      • D.W. Griffith
      • Frank Norris
      • Frank E. Woods
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Frank Powell
      • Grace Henderson
      • James Kirkwood
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    • 10Kritische Rezensionen
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    Frank Powell
    Frank Powell
    • The Wheat King
    Grace Henderson
    Grace Henderson
    • The Wheat King's Wife
    James Kirkwood
    James Kirkwood
    • The Farmer
    Linda Arvidson
    Linda Arvidson
    • The Farmer's Wife
    W. Chrystie Miller
    W. Chrystie Miller
    • The Farmer's Father
    Gladys Egan
    Gladys Egan
    • The Farmer's Little Daughter
    Henry B. Walthall
    Henry B. Walthall
    • The Wheat King's Assistant
    Kate Bruce
    Kate Bruce
    • Woman in Store
    • (Nicht genannt)
    William J. Butler
    • Ruined Wheat Trader
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Charles Craig
    • Man on the Floor of the Exchange
    • (Nicht genannt)
    • …
    Frank Evans
    • Man on the Floor of the Exchange
    • (Nicht genannt)
    • …
    Edith Haldeman
    Edith Haldeman
    • Woman in Store
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Robert Harron
    Robert Harron
    • Man on the Floor of the Exchange
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Ruth Hart
    • Woman in Store
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Arthur V. Johnson
    Arthur V. Johnson
    • Wheat Trader in Bowler Hat
    • (Nicht genannt)
    • …
    Henry Lehrman
    Henry Lehrman
    • Man on the Floor of the Exchange
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Jeanie Macpherson
    Jeanie Macpherson
    • Banquet Invitee
    • (Nicht genannt)
    • …
    Owen Moore
    Owen Moore
    • Man on the Floor of the Exchange
    • (Nicht genannt)
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    • Regie
      • D.W. Griffith
    • Drehbuch
      • D.W. Griffith
      • Frank Norris
      • Frank E. Woods
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    6JoeytheBrit

    As you reap...

    D. W. Griffith was still finding his feet as a film director when he made this early short for Biograph in 1909, but it's clear that he was already emerging as a leader among the pioneering directors in New York.

    This is quite a macabre parable in which an unscrupulous tycoon suffers an ironic fate after cornering the world market in wheat and boosting his bank balance by $4,000,000 in the process. Many aspects of the film are still quite primitive by today's standards - particularly the fraught scene in the trading pit during which nearly everybody overacts outrageously so that the viewer doesn't know where to look.

    The cross-cutting for which Griffith would become justly famous is in evidence here, but it's interesting that, instead of using it to heighten moments of tension or suspense, he uses successive shots to emphasise the contrasting lifestyles of the ruthless speculator who drunkenly toasts his good fortune at a banquet with his friends while the poor working masses suffer the economic fallout of his manipulation of the market.
    7gavin6942

    Early Griffith

    A greedy tycoon decides, on a whim, to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing the grain's producers into charity lines and further into poverty.

    D. W. Griffith was, of course, a master of the early cinema and dominated the silent film. He may be best known for "Intolerance" and "Birth of a Nation", but this is a notable film in its own right, showing the struggle between agriculture and investors. What political message was being said (if any)? Strangely, the film is said to be based on the novel "The Pit". How exactly an entire novel can be adapted to a 10-minute film is not known. If anything, it would simply share the same theme. Maybe I ought to track down "The Pit"...
    7springfieldrental

    First Use of A Freeze Frame

    Directors use the technique of freeze frames in movies to emphasize a crucial point where the picture pauses in midstream, somewhat like a photograph. The first film to use this effective cinematic tool was December 1909's "A Corner of Wheat." D.W. Griffith showed the despair of the poor effected by greed in his--and film's--historic freeze frame.

    "A Corner of Wheat" marked Griffith's year-and-a-half of directing films. His innovations in cinematic techniques began to really pile up from this point. The movie highlights his now familiarity with cross-cutting and parallel editing, unfolding a story with two perspectives--here the ravenous rich contrasting against the despairing poor. The depth of field in the beginning and ending shots of the farmers walking towards the camera planting wheat reflect an understanding of using the entire frame to capture the essence of the atmosphere of the narrative.

    This is the first time Griffith addressed social disparity and holding those responsible for such unfairness. Based on a 1902 Frank Norris book, "The Pit," Griffith was able to effectively slim down the novel into several concise scenes within a one-reel movie.
    7MrCritical1

    Just Desserts

    A Corner in Wheat is a little meditation on capitalism, derived from Frank Norris, weaving together narrative fragments linked by their relation to wheat. The film begins with farmers sowing grain and taking their meager harvest to market. Capitalist speculators engineer the "corner in wheat" of the title, establishing full control over the world's supply. We see, intercut with this coup and the main capitalist's ensuing celebrations, the effects on others: another speculator is ruined, the farmers return home empty-handed, the urban poor go hungry and begin to riot when bread becomes unaffordable. The riot is squelched, but the "Wheat King" meets with his just desserts, inadvertently buried under an avalanche of grain, while the farmers continue to toil.

    7* (10* Rating System)
    6wes-connors

    Cornering the Market

    Early film of "social relevance" directed by D.W. Griffith. It's a little difficult to follow - apparently, Mr. Griffith is showing the contrast between the wealthy "Wheat King" (played by Frank Powell) and the poor "Farmer" (played by James Kirkwood). The farmer does the manual work, laboring in the fields. The wealth businessman reaps the profits, in luxury. In the film, Mr. Powell's character becomes more and more greedy, making the price of goods so high the poor farmers can't afford the goods they helped create. Of the supporting players, Henry B. Walthall is most impressive as Kirkwood's associate. Griffith mixes location and set nicely. Watch the wicked "Wheat King" meet a pitiful, ironic end.

    ****** A Corner in Wheat (12/13/09) D.W. Griffith ~ Frank Powell, James Kirkwood, Henry B. Walthall

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      One of the first films in which D.W. Griffith used the technique of parallel editing (a technique he pioneered). It was used to create the effects in the wheat suffocating scene.
    • Patzer
      When the Wheat King reads the letter regarding his increase in wealth, he is wearing gloves. After he falls into the wheat pit, there is an un-gloved hand reaching for the heavens; however, when they pull him out, he is once again wearing gloves.
    • Verbindungen
      Edited into Proposta in quattro parti (1985)

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 13. Dezember 1909 (Vereinigte Staaten)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprachen
      • Noon
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Arbetare contra överklassen
    • Drehorte
      • Biograph Studio, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Produktionsfirma
      • Biograph Company
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