title: The Root of Evil (film)
text: # The Root of Evil (film)
  
  The Root of Evil is a 1912 American short silent film drama directed by D. W. Griffith and starring William J. Butler and Dorothy Bernard.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * William J. Butler as the Wealthy Man
  * Dorothy Bernard as the Wealthy Man's Daughter
  * Edward Dillon as the Daughter's Husband
  * J. Jiquel Lanoe as the Secretary
  * Ynez Seabury as the Granddaughter
  * Harry Hyde
  * Alfred Paget as the Landlord
  * Charles Hill Mailes as the Doctor
  * John T. Dillon as the Lawyer
  