The Unwelcome Guest

For the song by Billy Bragg, see Mermaid Avenue.

The Unwelcome Guest
Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	George Hennessy
Starring	Mary Pickford
Cinematography	G. W. Bitzer
Distributed by	General Film Company
Release date	March 15, 1913 (1913-03-15)
Running time	17 minutes (16 frame/s)
Country	United States
Language	Silent with English intertitles

The Unwelcome Guest is a 1913 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.

Plot

Just before she dies, an elderly married woman stashes the horde of money she's secretly accumulated beneath the false bottom of an old shipping trunk. After her death, her husband, believing himself penniless, has to leave their old home and move in with his son's family, where he's treated with no respect or consideration. Also on the scene is a newly hired kindly young housekeeper (Mary Pickford); she and the old gentleman become close friends and eventually run away together (taking the old shipping trunk with them).

Cast

• Mary Pickford - The Slavey
• W. Chrystie Miller - The Old Father
• Charles Hill Mailes - The Son
• Claire McDowell - The Wife
• Jack Pickford - One of the Children
• Elmer Booth - The Hired Hand
• Kate Bruce - The Old Wife
• Harry Carey - The Sheriff
• J. Jiquel Lanoe - The Doctor
• Lionel Barrymore - At Auction
• Frank Evans - At Auction
• Lillian Gish - At Auction
• Adolph Lestina - At Auction
• W. C. Robinson - At Auction

See also

• Harry Carey filmography
• D. W. Griffith filmography
• Lillian Gish filmography
• Lionel Barrymore filmography

External links

• The Unwelcome Guest at IMDb