The Corner Grocer 1917
The Corner Grocer
Kindhearted Charles Wendel, who has built his pushcart grocery business into a prosperous enterprise, adopts little eight-year-old Mary Brian after her mother dies in poverty. The little girl becomes the angel of the house, beloved by all. Wendel's dream is that his son Ralph will carry on the business, but when Ralph graduates from college, he decides that he is too good for the grocery business. Instead, he goes to work in a bank where he falls prey to swindlers who convince him to forge his father's name on a $100,000 check. When the forgery is discovered, the old man covers the check at the cost of his own financial ruin. Ralph, chagrined, leaves home to make good and soon after returns, prosperous, to wed Mary and restore the fortune and happiness of the Wendel family.
Kindhearted Charles Wendel, who has built his pushcart grocery business into a prosperous enterprise, adopts little eight-year-old Mary Brian after her mother dies in poverty. The little girl becomes the angel of the house, beloved by all. Wendel's dream is that his son Ralph will carry on the business, but when Ralph graduates from college, he decides that he is too good for the grocery business. Instead, he goes to work in a bank where he falls prey to swindlers who convince him to forge his father's name on a $100,000 check. When the forgery is discovered, the old man covers the check at the cost of his own financial ruin. Ralph, chagrined, leaves home to make good and soon after returns, prosperous, to wed Mary and restore the fortune and happiness of the Wendel family.
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Full Cast & Crew... Charles Wendel
... Mary Brian, age 8
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Lillian Cook... Mary Brian, age 18
... Ralph Wendel, age 10
... Ralph Wendel, age 20
... Lena Wendel
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Release Date:
Oct 01, 1917 (United States)
Run Time:
50`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released

Cast & Crew of
The Corner Grocer
Directors & Credit Writers
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George Cowl... Director
Cast
... Charles Wendel
... Mary Brian, age 8
LC
Lillian Cook... Mary Brian, age 18
... Ralph Wendel, age 10
... Ralph Wendel, age 20
... Lena Wendel
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George Cowl... Oscar Leaming
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Pinna Nesbit... Stella
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Vivia Ogden... Old Maid
... William