A Midas of the DesertMovie
When a malaria epidemic breaks out, miserly store owner Jed Thompson exploits the situation by selling essential quinine capsules at an exorbitant price to the local gold miners. He refuses credit to miner Ray Knowles, whose father is sick. Jed’s daughter Dora, however, gives Ray some capsules. For this Jed banishes her to work in the mines. When she falls ill with the disease, he withholds the medication and wandering in delirium she is taken in by the Knowles. Rallying the other miners, they cast Jed out into the desert where he perishes, imagining all around him has turned to gold.
About A Midas of the Desert
A Midas of the Desert is a 1915 drama movie directed by Walter Edwards.
The production information lists a runtime of 20m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Walter Edwards, Betty Burbridge, Alfred Hollingsworth, Roy Coulson. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
