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1916 film by Henry King

Pay Dirt
Advertising for Pay Dirt on the Moving Picture World (June 1916)
Directed by	Henry King
Produced by	E.D. Horkheimer H.M. Horkheimer
Starring	Henry King Marguerite Nichols Gordon Sackville Mollie McConnell Daniel Gilfether Charles Dudley
Production company	Balboa Amusement Producing Company
Distributed by	General Film Company
Release date	June 18, 1916 (1916-06-18)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film (English intertitles)

Pay Dirt is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and starring himself, Marguerite Nichols, Gordon Sackville, Mollie McConnell, Daniel Gilfether, and Charles Dudley. The film was released by General Film Company on June 18, 1916.

King said it was the last film he made for Balboa/Pathe.

Plot

A young miner known as "The Easterner" struggles with a gambling habit despite the efforts of Moll, a camp woman who turns out to be his mother. He becomes romantically involved with Kate Gardner, who learns that her father and a gambler are plotting to steal the Easterner's mining claim. After a series of dramatic events, including a fight where Kate's father is revealed as a thief, Kate discovers that a half-wit named Oby is her real father. In the end, Kate marries the Easterner.

Cast

Henry King as The Easterner
Marguerite Nichols as Kate Gardner
Gordon Sackville as Peter Gardner
Mollie McConnell as Moll
Daniel Gilfether as Dick Weed
Charles Dudley as Oby
Philo McCullough as Turner
Ruth White as Doris Wendell
Bruce Smith as Doris's Father

Preservation

A print of the film survives at the Library of Congress.

References

"Pay Dirt". afi.com. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
"Pay Dirt". AllMovie. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
"Pay Dirt". TCM.com. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
King, Henry (1995). Henry King, director : from silents to ʼscope. Directors Guild of America. p. 23.
American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Pay Dirt

External links

Pay Dirt at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Henry King
Should a Wife Forgive? (1915) Joy and the Dragon (1916) Little Mary Sunshine (1916) Pay Dirt (1916) Shadows and Sunshine (1916) The Climber (1917) The Mate of the Sally Ann (1917) Twin Kiddies (1917) Told at Twilight (1917) Vengeance of the Dead (1917) Souls in Pawn (1917) Sunshine and Gold (1917) The Bride's Silence (1917) A Game of Wits (1917) Southern Pride (1917) All the World to Nothing (1918) Beauty and the Rogue (1918) Powers That Prey (1918) Hearts or Diamonds? (1918) Up Romance Road (1918) The Locked Heart (1918) Hobbs in a Hurry (1918) Social Briars (1918) Where the West Begins (1919) Brass Buttons (1919) Some Liar (1919) Six Feet Four (1919) A Sporting Chance (1919) This Hero Stuff (1919) 23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919) A Fugitive from Matrimony (1919) Haunting Shadows (1919) When a Man Rides Alone (1919) The White Dove (1920) Uncharted Channels (1920) One Hour Before Dawn (1920) Help Wanted – Male (1920) Dice of Destiny (1920) The Mistress of Shenstone (1921) When We Were 21 (1921) The Sting of the Lash (1921) Salvage (1921) Tol'able David (1921) The Bond Boy (1922) The Seventh Day (1922) Sonny (1922) Fury (1923) The White Sister (1923) Romola (1924) Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925) Any Woman (1925) Stella Dallas (1925) The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) Partners Again (1926) The Magic Flame (1927) The Woman Disputed (1928) She Goes to War (1929) Hell Harbor (1930) The Eyes of the World (1930) Lightnin' (1930) Merely Mary Ann (1931) Over the Hill (1931) The Woman in Room 13 (1932) State Fair (1933) I Loved You Wednesday (1933) Carolina (1934) Marie Galante (1934) One More Spring (1935) Way Down East (1935) The Country Doctor (1936) Ramona (1936) Lloyd's of London (1936) Seventh Heaven (1937) In Old Chicago (1938) Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) Jesse James (1939) Stanley and Livingstone (1939) Little Old New York (1940) Maryland (1940) Chad Hanna (1940) A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941) Remember the Day (1941) The Black Swan (1942) The Song of Bernadette (1943) Wilson (1944) A Bell for Adano (1945) Margie (1946) Captain from Castile (1947) Deep Waters (1948) Prince of Foxes (1948) Twelve O'Clock High (1949) The Gunfighter (1950) I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951) David and Bathsheba (1951) Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952) O. Henry's Full House (1952) The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) Untamed (1955) Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) Carousel (1956) The Sun Also Rises (1957) The Bravados (1958) This Earth Is Mine (1959) Beloved Infidel (1959) Tender Is the Night (1962)

Films directed by Henry King

Should a Wife Forgive? (1915)
Joy and the Dragon (1916)
Little Mary Sunshine (1916)
Pay Dirt (1916)
Shadows and Sunshine (1916)
The Climber (1917)
The Mate of the Sally Ann (1917)
Twin Kiddies (1917)
Told at Twilight (1917)
Vengeance of the Dead (1917)
Souls in Pawn (1917)
Sunshine and Gold (1917)
The Bride's Silence (1917)
A Game of Wits (1917)
Southern Pride (1917)
All the World to Nothing (1918)
Beauty and the Rogue (1918)
Powers That Prey (1918)
Hearts or Diamonds? (1918)
Up Romance Road (1918)
The Locked Heart (1918)
Hobbs in a Hurry (1918)
Social Briars (1918)
Where the West Begins (1919)
Brass Buttons (1919)
Some Liar (1919)
Six Feet Four (1919)
A Sporting Chance (1919)
This Hero Stuff (1919)
23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919)
A Fugitive from Matrimony (1919)
Haunting Shadows (1919)
When a Man Rides Alone (1919)
The White Dove (1920)
Uncharted Channels (1920)
One Hour Before Dawn (1920)
Help Wanted – Male (1920)
Dice of Destiny (1920)
The Mistress of Shenstone (1921)
When We Were 21 (1921)
The Sting of the Lash (1921)
Salvage (1921)
Tol'able David (1921)
The Bond Boy (1922)
The Seventh Day (1922)
Sonny (1922)
Fury (1923)
The White Sister (1923)
Romola (1924)
Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925)
Any Woman (1925)
Stella Dallas (1925)
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
Partners Again (1926)
The Magic Flame (1927)
The Woman Disputed (1928)
She Goes to War (1929)
Hell Harbor (1930)
The Eyes of the World (1930)
Lightnin' (1930)
Merely Mary Ann (1931)
Over the Hill (1931)
The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
State Fair (1933)
I Loved You Wednesday (1933)
Carolina (1934)
Marie Galante (1934)
One More Spring (1935)
Way Down East (1935)
The Country Doctor (1936)
Ramona (1936)
Lloyd's of London (1936)
Seventh Heaven (1937)
In Old Chicago (1938)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Jesse James (1939)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
Little Old New York (1940)
Maryland (1940)
Chad Hanna (1940)
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Remember the Day (1941)
The Black Swan (1942)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Wilson (1944)
A Bell for Adano (1945)
Margie (1946)
Captain from Castile (1947)
Deep Waters (1948)
Prince of Foxes (1948)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
The Gunfighter (1950)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
David and Bathsheba (1951)
Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
Untamed (1955)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
Carousel (1956)
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
The Bravados (1958)
This Earth Is Mine (1959)
Beloved Infidel (1959)
Tender Is the Night (1962)

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