His Last Burglary (1910)
Mired in poverty and no longer able to endure the hardships that this situation brings upon their baby, a young man chooses, with his wife, to give up the child by abandoning it in a rich household. A burglar who himself has just lost a child, breaks into this house and decides to ease the mourning of his wife by stealing the abandoned baby. Soon after, the young man and his wife receive word of their sudden fortune. They then try to find their child, but their search is in vain. Faced with the desperation of his wife, the young man calls a doctor whose coachman is none other than the burglar, since reformed. When the burglar learns the cause of the young woman’s misery, he realizes the gravity of his crime and convinces his wife that they must return the baby to its parents.
Director: D.W. Griffith
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Henry B. Walthall as William Standish |
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Dorothy Bernard as William's Wife |
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Dorothy West as Maid |
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James Kirkwood as The Burglar |
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Kate Bruce as Burglar's Wife |
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George Nichols as Minister |
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Stephanie Longfellow as Minister's Housekeeper |
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Francis J. Grandon as Doctor |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Director |
| Writing | Stanner E.V. Taylor | Scenario Writer |
| Crew | Billy Bitzer | Cinematography |
