The Little Samaritan (1916)
On the morning of her 11th birthday, Joyce reads in one of her gift books that she should aim to let not a day pass without performing some good act. Her father gives her $5 before she leaves for a stroll in the park with her maid. She steals away and slips the bill into the hand of an old man on one of the benches and from his protests. Her mother, learning of her actions in the park, reprimands her and warns her that old men steal little girls. She goes to the park the next day to see if this is true. Finding her old friend, and assured by his denials, she gives him the collar from her dog with her address engraved upon it and invites him to come to that address. When he does she hides him in the attic. Her father and mother go to the opera and the maid steals away in their absence. Joyce goes to the attic and from the old man hears the story of how he left his little girl with friends years before, and when he returned, all trace of her had been lost. The Farleys come in at this time and discover Joyce in the attic with the old man, the dog revealing the hiding place. The old man recognizes Mrs. Farley as his long-lost daughter much to the delight of all except Joyce, who pouts that she can have nothing of her own without others sharing it. So she invites a host of human derelicts in to dine, insisting that perhaps they too have lost their little girls.
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GenresDrama
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Harry Beaumont | Director |
| Harry Beaumont | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Joyce Fair | |
| Thomas Commerford | |
| Fred Malatesta | |
| Frances Raymond |
