Little Miss Bountiful (1914)
Little Charity, a girl of five, goes to the bank with her father, observes him drawing a check and receiving money from the teller. She is puzzled, but concludes that is the easiest way to get money. She pushes the teller a blank check, and he, receiving a signal from her father to honor it, pays out a few coins, and the child thanks him politely, as the father secretly refunds the bank the amount donated. Delighted over the fact that she now knows how to get all the money she wants to help poor people. Charity goes home, puts the coins in her toy hank, and confides in her father and mother her plans for doing good. They humor her and commend her generosity, little dreaming just how far it may reach. She secretly starts out on her mission of philanthropy, only to soon find her bank empty. Returning, however, by depositing a "check" in it, which is seen by her mother, who cashes it, she finds she has another supply to continue her good work. The small army of beggars, tramps, newsboys and organ-grinders soon spread the news of her visits, and a clamoring crowd of mendicants awaits her. Of course her resources are quickly exhausted. She cannot argue with them and is at a loss to explain, so she seizes and hangs about her neck a sign worn by a street urchin, which reads, "I am blind," and marches home. Her family, who has gone in search of her, see the situation, and trust that the lesson received will work for good.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Walter C. Bellows | Director |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Frank Weed | |
| Katherine Emmet | |
| Baby Ruth Hazlette |
