The Unwelcome Guest

D.W. Griffith
1913-03-15


5
17 min

Just before she dies, an elderly married woman stashes the horde of money she's secretly accumulated beneath the false bottom of an old shipping trunk. After her death, her husband, believing himself penniless, has to leave their old home and move in with his son's family, where he's treated with no respect or consideration. Also on the scene is a newly-hired kindly young housekeeper. She and the old gentleman become close friends and eventually run away together (taking the old shipping trunk with them).

Cast

Name Character Team
Mary Pickford Jessie - the Slavey Unowned
W. Chrystie Miller The Old Father Unowned
Charles Hill Mailes The Son Unowned
Claire McDowell The Wife Unowned
Jack Pickford One of the Children Unowned
Elmer Booth The Hired Hand Unowned
Kate Bruce The Old Wife Unowned
Harry Carey The Sheriff Unowned
J. Jiquel Lanoe The Doctor Unowned
Lillian Gish At Auction (uncredited) Unowned
Lionel Barrymore At Auction (uncredited) Unowned