Little Jack (1914)
Little Sunbeam, an orphan, was adopted by her uncle at a very young age, and as he was a leader of a gang of thieves and outlaws, he kept her sex a secret from the gang, and dressed Sunbeam in boys' clothes and called her Jack. This story takes up "Jack" at the age of 14. Dan Morau, a wealthy lumberman, returning from a trip of inspection of his forest reserves, stops for shelter at Uncle Bill's. Little Jack makes things very comfortable for the handsome stranger. Little Jack climbs up the ladder to her attic bed. Moran decides to retire to his room for the night, but in the presence of the gang displays a priceless watch and chain. After Moran has retired to his room, the gang plans to rob Moran. Little Jack, from the attic above, hears their plans, climbs out of her window, and warns Moran. While he dresses, she goes to the barn and fetches his horse, and Moran makes his escape. Little Jack, knowing the fate she would suffer at the hands of Bill when the flight of Moran would be discovered, decides never to return to the house of crime, and strikes out for the unknown. In the morning she finds herself near a railroad track. At a watering tank nearby, she gets into a freight car and steals a ride. At the end of the trip she finds herself in a great city. Getting out of the car and out of the yards, she sees a couple of hobos camping, and goes up to them. They, of course, think her a boy. One night, one of these tramps proposes to rob a nearby lumber mill office. They make little Jack climb through a window to open the door for them, but is shot by the night watchman, and the gang make their getaway. Jack is taken to a hospital for treatment. The next morning, Dan Moran is told of the attempted robbery of his office, and goes to the hospital to see the little burglar. The nurse has discovered that Jack is a girl and curls her hair and fixes her up. Moran is surprised to find this beautiful girl and the little "Jack," who saved him from the thieves one and the same kid. Moran's mother adopts the child and educates her, and they make a happy family. Now Moran's elder partner. Fox, sees a chance of acquiring the entire business for himself. He goes to the office one night to carry out his ideas, and is surprised by the night watchman, and to protect his secret he shoots the watchman. Moran, passing by, has seen the light in his office and heard the shot, and rushes into the office, finds the dead man, and calls up the police. Fox fastens the crime onto Moran, and Moran is placed under arrest. Sunbeam calls on Moran at the jail, and he tells her his suspicion of Fox. Sunbeam remembers how she deceived people in her dress as a boy, so dressed as an office boy, she applies for and gets the position of office boy in the lumber office of Moran and Fox. She gets enough opportunity to see how Fox changed and juggled figures, experts are called and Fox is shown up, and later confesses. Moran is released, and Sunbeam becomes mistress of the Moran home and lifelong partner of Dan Moran.
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GenresDrama
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| E.D. Horkheimer | Producer |
| H.M. Horkheimer | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Jackie Saunders | |
| Page Peters |
