Okay, if you are looking for realism, then this film is NOT for you! This early D. W. Griffith short is a very entertaining film that just seems stupid and totally improbable if you think too much about what's happening on screen! A miser hoards his money. However, unlike some film misers, he's a nice guy and loves a neighbor's cute little daughter. Some scumbags want his money but can't open the safe, so they threaten the girl's life in the most over-the-top and unbelievable way I could imagine--but, it's also pretty entertaining in a brain-numbing sort of way. And, of course, like all Griffith morality plays, everything is sure to work out in the end. Plus, uncharacteristically, Griffith has the girl and the man saved through the actions of a vagrant who'd been ordered to leave town--none other than Lionel Barrymore!
Review of The Miser's Heart
