Short film
Just Gold
1913 · 17 min
A solemn, old-fashioned moral fable that contrasts quiet domestic warmth with the harsh, lonely pull of greed.
- Directed by
- D.W. Griffith
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Lionel Barrymore, Alfred Paget, Charles West
- Overview
- The brothers choose between love and gold. The three brothers sought the gold regions. The fourth chose to be a stay-at-home. He sought just love, and love was his reward: in the happiness of two old parents and the heart of a sweet girl. But those in the gold regions, each for himself, seeking just gold, found their ill rewards in the sordid earth of the Bad Lands.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Greed, family, love, betrayal
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- D.W. Griffith
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Lionel Barrymore, Alfred Paget, Charles West






