The Unwelcome Guest (1913 Film) -- Directed By D.W. Griffith -- Full Movie

The miserly wife hoards the money which she receives from her husband and when she dies its hiding place remains a secret. The son is advised of his mother's death and is informed that unless he gives his father a home the old man will have to go to the poorhouse. This the son and his wife are unwilling to do, but to avoid scandal they consent to take him. About this time a little girl from the workhouse comes to the son's home, she having been engaged to do the housework. Upon the old man's arrival at the home of his son he is made to feel that he is unwelcome. He and the little girl, being treated most unkindly by the son and his family, run away, and by a peculiar turn of conditions the son is made to regret the persecution to which he had subjected his father -- Moving Picture World Synopsis

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

Running time
17 minutes (16 frame/s)
Country United States
Language Silent with English intertitles