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Greed for Gold (I) (1913)
Short | Short, Western

Greed for Gold (I) (1913)

Short | Short, Western

Jim Brooks and Dan Reeves, prospectors, accidentally locate on the same claim. Reeves, an old man in bad health, suggests that rather than have trouble, they form a partnership, which is signed and witnessed in the home of Joe Johnson, a ...See moreJim Brooks and Dan Reeves, prospectors, accidentally locate on the same claim. Reeves, an old man in bad health, suggests that rather than have trouble, they form a partnership, which is signed and witnessed in the home of Joe Johnson, a young miner. Reeves leaves all the business to Brooks, who files the claim in his own name. On the day the partnership is formed. Reeves learns that his daughter, Ella, is about to visit him; he takes his copy of the agreement and placing it in a tin box, secrets it among the bricks in the fireplace of his cabin. A few hours later he finds a nugget on the claim and the excitement causes his death. When Brooks arrives on the claim he finds the dead body of Reeves, and decides to rob his daughter of her share in the mine. Ella arrives at the little mining town and is met by Brooks, who tells her that her father, who was an employee of his, has died. Joe Johnson and his mother inform her of the partnership and offer her a home. Joe remembers that the blotter used at the signing of the papers was a new one, and that by holding it before a mirror the signatures are legible enough for him to invoke the aid of the sheriff. In the meantime, Brooks has employed Tom Calhoun, a worthless prospector, to assist him in working his claim, and during an altercation when Calhoun attempts to steal his gold, a can of powder is knocked into the fire place; the explosion which follows wrecks the cabin and kills the two men. Joe and Ella, who are on their way to the claim with the sheriff, see the explosion and on their arrival at the cabin Joe discovers in the debris Reeves' copy of the partnership, which effectually establishes Ella's right to the mine. Later a new partnership is formed for life between Ella and Joe. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Edgar Jones Joe Johnson Joe Johnson See fewer	Lonesome Corners (1922)
Clara Williams Ella Reeves Ella Reeves See fewer	The Criminal (1916)
Edward Luck Jim Brooks Jim Brooks See fewer	Greed for Gold (I) (1913)
Emma Bell Clifton Mrs. Johnson - Joe's Mother (as Emma Bell) Mrs. Johnson - Joe's Mother (as Emma Bell) See fewer	The Little Diplomat (1919)
Charles Edrington Dan Reeves - Ella's Father Dan Reeves - Ella's Father See fewer	A Fight to a Finish (1913)
Franklyn Hall Tom Calhoun (as F. Hall) Tom Calhoun (as F. Hall) See fewer	Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913)