A Youthful Knight (1913)
Tom is a boisterous boy who brings his playground manners into his mother's parlor. His mother knowing that he is a gentleman at heart, tries to improve his behavior generally, more by suggestion and example than by reproving him and her efforts eventually meet with success. She reads to him of the Knights of the Round Table, of Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail, and fills him with an idea of chivalry, gallantry and courtesy. She buys him a suit of toy armor and a sword and draws up rules of truth and honor for him to sign. The boy filled with enthusiasm selects for his special favors a little, spoiled girl who does not understand. Of all acts of gallantry, one of Sir Walter Raleigh appeals most to him. He takes advantage of an opportunity and spreads his coat for Ethel to tread upon. She laughs at him, stamps upon the coat and makes faces at him. Later he is very much discouraged and although he rescues her from the consequences of her own fault she denounces him as being the one to blame. He is in disgrace and his armor and his knighthood are taken away from him. All that his mother has told him of the reward for strict rectitude must be true because it was his mother who told him, but his faith has received a severe shock and is in danger of being lost altogether; but the spoiled girl in her childish way begins to understand and she decides to tell the truth. Tom gets back his honors and his knighthood and the seed so lovingly and carefully sown by the mother begins to take root and gives promise of bearing fruit. At the close of the story one has a complete belief that this boy and girl will grow into a noble man and woman helping others by their example.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Walter Edwin | Director |
| Anne Merwin | Writer |
| Bannister Merwin | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Yale Boss | |
| Shirley Mason | |
| Miriam Nesbitt |
