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Olaf—An Atom

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Olaf—An Atom
Aywon Film Corporation re-release poster
for the film, retitled The Wanderer
Directed byAnthony O'Sullivan
Written byWilliam E. Wing
StarringHarry Carey
CinematographyG. W. Bitzer
Production
company
Release date
  • May 19, 1913 (1913-05-19)
Running time
17 minutes (16 frame/s)
1,003 feet[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles

Olaf—An Atom is a 1913 American film directed by Anthony O'Sullivan and featuring Harry Carey.

Plot

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Broken by grief after his mother's death, Olaf becomes a wanderer. He is treated cruelly until he is given a meal by a woman at the homestead where she lives with her husband and baby. Olaf is able to return her kindness when he overhears a plot to rob the settlers of their home. He alerts the couple and delays the would-be thieves long enough for the husband to file a claim on his land. Olaf is injured by the claim jumpers but he recovers, alone and forgotten by those he has helped. He then moves aimlessly along.

Cast

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Olaf (Harry Carey, left) overhears a plot to seize the homestead of a couple that has been kind to him.

Production

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Directed by Anthony O'Sullivan and written by William E. Wing, Olaf—An Atom was produced by the Biograph Company and released May 19, 1913, in the United States.[4][5] The drama was released August 4, 1913, in the United Kingdom.[6]

The film was retitled The Wanderer and re-released by the Aywon Film Corporation, a New York City company formed in early 1919. Aywon reissued films including the Biograph Company short films, which were often lengthened by the addition of intertitles.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Graham, Cooper C. (1985). D. W. Griffith and the Biograph Company. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 181. ISBN 9780810818064.
  2. ^ a b "Answers to Inquiries". The Motion Picture Story Magazine. September 1913. p. 140. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  3. ^ "Comments on the Films". The Moving Picture World. May 31, 1913. p. 919. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "Calendar of Licensed Releases". The Moving Picture World. May 17, 1913. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  5. ^ Katchmer, Gerald A. (1991). Eighty Silent Film Stars. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 210. ISBN 9780899504940.
  6. ^ "Supplement to The Cinema". The Cinema News and Property Gazette. July 2, 1913. p. 100. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  7. ^ Slide, Anthony (2001) [1998]. The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 17. ISBN 9781578860159.
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