The Little Hobo (1914)
The Little Hobo, an orphan girl, falls into the charge of an idle loafer who makes her beg for a living. She resents this, garbs herself like a boy and runs away to become a wanderer. She is discovered at a deserted hobo camp by telegraph operator Jimmie Maxwell of "the lonesomest station on the West Division," and is brought into the station to get warm. The operator is having a lot of trouble with an "extra" which has strikebreakers on board coming from the South. He is interested in the Little Hobo, as she recounts her pitiful story. Following come many scenes in dissolve in the little girl's life, showing the habitations and habits of the lowly. On the lonely station platform is Big Bill Daly with rough associates, evidently looking for the "extra." As the whistle sounds, the operator in the station tells his little guest that she will have to leave, as it is against orders to have anyone in the office. He opens the door and shows her to the baggage-room, and tells her to stay until the train goes by. He then turns to his instrument. Big Bill Daly enters unobserved, sees the revolver on the operator's table and snatches it. The operator tells him that he is as poor as a church mouse. Big Bill sneers and indicates that it is the train he is after. The operator assures him the train carries no money "only a crowd of strike-breakers." This is satisfactory to Big Bill. Those are the people he is after; indicates that he wants the train to go through without orders. Then begins a struggle between the men. The child in the next room hears the conflict, and taps encouragement to the telegraph operator, who is now bound a prisoner on the floor. While the men who have taken possession of the office are wrangling he whispers to the child, "Run to the water tank and turn on the water." The Little Hobo sneaks out of the baggage room and carries out the orders. Although the semaphore signals "safety," the fall of water through the windows of the cab alarms Bill, the engineer, and the fireman, and they stop the train. They find their suspicions are correct, rescue the bound telegraph operator and save a wreck. In gratitude to the Little Hobo, he takes her home and consigns her to the care of his mother.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Oscar Eagle | Director |
| Al Giebler | Writer |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Leila Frost | |
| Harold Vosburgh | |
| Ralph Delmore |
