The Millionaire's Adventure (1910)
Mary Hennings, the pretty daughter of a prosperous but quick-tempered farmer, is driven to leave home by her father's brutality. She cuts off her curls and dons a suit of her brother's clothes. She takes to the road and when some brakemen attack her for stealing a ride a tramp comes to her rescue. They cast their lots together and the tramp protects her from many of the hardships of the road. They enter a tavern to warm themselves and are about to be put out when the tramp spies a fiddle on the wall and offers to play in return for a meal. The innkeeper is so well pleased with his playing and Mary's singing that he gives them the instrument. With this they find their progress easier and when the tramp notes the date on a bulletin board and declares that he must be back east in two days Mary helps him earn the money for the railroad trip. It develops that the tramp is John West, a millionaire, who has made a bet that he could travel for a month without funds. West takes his little comrade to his home where she is forced to disclose the secret of her sex. West turns her over to the housekeeper, who provides her with one of her own daughter's pretty party frocks. West falls in love with Mary. They are married and the new Mrs. West takes her husband to visit her mother, where the little runaway is received with open arms.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
