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"Corner in Wheat" (1909) - with film
Arthur Johnson on the floor of the exchange
Directed by D.W. Griffith Scenario D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods Based on the novel The Pit (1903) by Frank Norris Cinematography G.W. Bitzer Starring Frank Powell, Henry Walthall, Arthur Johnson Distributed by Biograph Company Release date December 13, 1909 Country United States Running time 14 m.
"Corner in Wheat" is a short social drama, directed by D.W. Griffith, featuring Arthur Johnson and cinematographer Billy Bitzer, stars of Silent Hall of Fame.
A greedy speculator decides to "corner" the wheat market, artificially raise the price on the market and profit from this. He is successful and makes a huge amount of money, but his action has disastrous consequences in real life, where the price of bread doubles, many people cannot afford it any more, wheat growers are ruined and the supply of charity bread is drastically reduced.
Arthur Johnson has a prominent role on the floor of the exchange. Robert Harron also gets credit for the film as a trader, but it is hard to spot him there.
"Corner in Wheat" was added to the National Film Registry in 1994 as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
