The Runaways (1915)
The bad boy breaks a window with his baseball; fearing a whipping, he runs away from home. After a weary tramp, he seeks shelter in the hayloft of the barn of a minister whose little son Georgie cherishes affection for the family's dimpled ward Carmen. It's Sunday morning, and Georgie and Carmen return from church to the minister's house, accompanied by other children. Childlike, they begin romping in a game, but the minister admonishes them against thus breaking the Sabbath. His boy Georgie suggests playing church. When the childish service begins, the bad boy in the loft awakens and tumbles down out of the hay in the midst of the surprised little congregation. Georgie makes an effort to bring the bad boy to salvation, but the youngster persists in his wickedness. The bad boy persuades the smitten Carmen to run away with him. Georgie overhears the plan and follows. The runaways encounter an unexpected and hair-raising experience when they start for a ride down a grade on a handcar and find themselves tearing wildly toward an onrushing express train. Little Georgie proves the hero by summoning the aid of the train dispatcher, who goes in mad pursuit of the runaways on a motor speeder along a parallel track. He switches the handcar out of the path of destruction a fraction of a minute before the express thunders by. Repentant, the bad boy goes home to willingly submit to a much-deserved licking.
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GenresComedy
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Chester M. Franklin | Director |
| Sidney Franklin | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Violet Radcliffe | |
| Georgie Stone | |
| 'Baby' Carmen De Rue |
