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Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
(1908) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 969 feet
Directed by Wallace McCutcheon (Sr.)

Cast: Edward Dillon [the debt collector; and a charity worker], D.W. Griffith [the doctor; and a charity worker], [?] Mack Sennett? [a charity worker]

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Scenario by D.W. Griffith. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 26 March 1908 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. Released 28 March 1908. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 17 and 19 March 1908.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Usai-Griffith-1 pp. 21-22.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm nitrate negative, missing main titles and intertitles]; and in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Jews - Pawnbrokers

Listing updated: 19 May 2024.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 9; Bohn-Light p. 115; Usai-Griffith-1 pp. 21-22; Walker-Sennett p. 251.