Over the Hills to the Poor House 115 years old

The widowed elderly mother of three adult children, two sons and a daughter, wishing to relieve herself of the burden of care of her property, decides to divide it up among her children. To her son Charles, a wild but kind young fellow, she leaves a small amount, feeling that he will soon run through it. The good-hearted boy is perfectly satisfied, believing in the wisdom of his mother's actions. He assumes she will find a home with one of his siblings, who are married and settled. The old woman moves in with her married son, but is driven out by his wife over an argument about her young granddaughter. She is forced to move into a squalid apartment in a cheap tenement house, but is evicted for failing to pay her rent. Mack Sennett appears as a bartender in this film.

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Over the Hills to the Poor House Cast

Name Character
Florence Auer She was 28, 82 years old when she died as Old Woman
Mack Sennett He was 28, 80 years old when he died as Bartender
Edward Dillon He was 29, 54 years old when he died as Son
Anthony O'Sullivan He was 53, 65 years old when he died as Bailiff

Over the Hills to the Poor House Crew

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Over the Hills to the Poor House poster
Over the Hills to the Poor House (115 years)

  • Release day: Friday, June 26, 1908
  • Runtime: 12 minutes