Money Mad - 1908 - 6/10
Our character, begging on the sidewalk, plucks a dropped purse and reaps a windfall.
At the bank, he is exchanging the loot, and is spied on by two lowlifes.
“The weed of crime bears bitter fruit.”
D. W. Griffith would later rework one sequence into “The Musketeers Of Pig Alley” (1912).
Acting is still theatrical. The bank scene can be viewed several times, a few sideshows.
Needs a restoration from Eastman House or UCLA.
