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The Dividend

  • 19161916
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Charles Ray, Margaret Thompson, and Ethel Ullman in The Dividend (1916)
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John Steele, a capitalist, makes formal announcement as president of the meat corporation of which he is the head, that the new year just starting will see the company earn the greatest divi... Read allJohn Steele, a capitalist, makes formal announcement as president of the meat corporation of which he is the head, that the new year just starting will see the company earn the greatest dividend in its history. Then he virtually offers his entire life to the task of making good h... Read allJohn Steele, a capitalist, makes formal announcement as president of the meat corporation of which he is the head, that the new year just starting will see the company earn the greatest dividend in its history. Then he virtually offers his entire life to the task of making good his boast. He neglects his wife, and when his son returns from college he has so little tim... Read all
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    • Walter Edwards
    • Thomas H. Ince
  • Writer
    • C. Gardner Sullivan
  • Stars
    • William H. Thompson
    • Charles Ray
    • Ethel Ullman
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    • Walter Edwards
    • Thomas H. Ince
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    • C. Gardner Sullivan
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    • William H. Thompson
    • Charles Ray
    • Ethel Ullman
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    William H. Thompson
    William H. Thompson
    • John Steeleas John Steele
    Charles Ray
    Charles Ray
    • Frank Steeleas Frank Steele
    Ethel Ullman
    • Betty Priceas Betty Price
    Margaret Thompson
    Margaret Thompson
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      • Walter Edwards
      • Thomas H. Ince
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      • C. Gardner Sullivan
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      The Dividend ( 1916 ) is a lost silent film.

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    The Dividend (1916) - Lost ?
    Important note: This is not a film review. I hope to be able to find and add as many silent film synopsis of films that have a survival status of unknown or presumed lost. I try to do as much research as I can and it is not my intention to deceive anyone, for sometimes the film does exist and some presumed lost films are still being discovered. I am more than delighted if someone has knowledge of a film listed as lost but survives, as I wish all silent films did survive. I hope the reader enjoys this brief synopsis.

    Widowed businessman and slum lord John Steele ( William H. Thompson ) vows to stockholders that his corporation will earn its greatest dividend ever, and to make good on his boast, he cuts wages, charges his tenants for more and more rent and refuses to give his college-educated son Frank ( Charles Ray ) a job for anything more than subsistence wages. Completely neglected by his single-minded father, Frank becomes a drug addict and John eventually throws him out of the house. Then, on the night that John announces his fantastic profits, Frank, having been shot in a gang fight, returns to John's home and, just before dying, forgives his father, who finally realizes the price he has paid to guarantee the success of his business.

    This 1916 silent drama was produced by the New York Motion Picture Company and starred William H. Thompson and Charles Ray. The survival status of The Dividend (1916) is listed in the American Silent Feature Film Database as; No holdings located in archives.
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      • June 18, 1916 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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      • English
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      • Inom år och dag
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      • Kay-Bee Pictures
      • New York Motion Picture
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      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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