01 Jan 2009
The Alchemistic Suitcase
A nervous and unsettling young boy takes a mysterious old suitcase across London... to a twisted and surreal conclusion.
The Miser's Heart
A FABLE OF GREED, PERIL & REGENERATION
Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them, so they threaten to kill a little girl who lives in his building.
Top Billed Cast
Adolph Lestina The Miser
Ynez Seabury Little Kathy
Kate Toncray Little Kathy's Mother
Edward Dillon Jules, an Impoverished Thief
Robert Harron Bakery Assistant
Wilfred Lucas First Crook
Charles Hill Mailes Second Crook
William J. Butler Policeman
Donald Crisp Policeman
Blanche Sweet Neighbor
Linda Arvidson Kathy's Mother
Lionel Barrymore Jules - the Thief
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