Olaf—An Atom

Story

Synopsis

Broken by grief after his mother's death, Olaf becomes a wanderer. He is treated cruelly until he is given a meal by a woman at the homestead where she lives with her husband and baby. Olaf is able to return her kindness when he overhears a plot to rob the settlers of their home. He alerts the couple and delays the would-be thieves long enough for the husband to file a claim on his land. Olaf is injured by the claim jumpers but he recovers, alone and forgotten by those he has helped. He then moves aimlessly along.

Director

Anthony O'Sullivan

Writers

William E. Wing

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

19 May 1913

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Harry Carey

  Olaf, an Atom

• 

  Kate Bruce

  Olaf's Mother

• 

  Charles Hill Mailes

  A Parent

• 

  Claire McDowell

  A Parent

• 

  Donald Crisp

  The Beggar

• Frank Evans

  The Blacksmith

• John T. Dillon

  The Claim Jumper

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  Thomas Jefferson

  The Doctor (unconfirmed)