Will Wright

Dennis and Suzette Pollock's hopes for a quiet, successful party are threatened when the Grim Reaper visits

In 1857 Edwin L. Drake is sent to investigate an oil seep in a creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania. Overcoming many other obstacles, Drake's innovation to shield the well from water entry by using a drive pipe finally allows drilling to proceed until striking oil in August, 1859. His perseverance yields many barrels of oil a day, and immediately brings about the start of the oil industry.

A noble socialite and her butler must concoct a plan to stop her husband's affair with a younger woman.