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Little Miss Optimist
Little Miss Optimist
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Little Miss Optimist

1917
50m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1917

Runtime

50m

Storyline

Mazie-Rosie Carden, a waif who pays her board by selling papers on the street, saves the life of starving musician Deal Hendrie by giving him her cherished "lucky dime." Meanwhile, her brother Ben, employed as a weigh-master by the West Coal Company, has been discharged on a trumped-up accusation by the company's manager, Samuel Winter, of falsifying weights.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
50m
Aug 26, 1917
Languages
No Language
Director
Robert Thornby
Robert Thornby
Production
Pallas Pictures
Pallas Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

6 Cast Members

Vivian Martin

Vivian Martin

Mazie-Rosie Carden

Tom Moore

Tom Moore

Deal Hendrie

Charles West

Charles West

Ben Carden

Ernest Joy

Ernest Joy

John West

Charles K. Gerrard

Charles K. Gerrard

Samuel Winter

Helen Bray

Belle Laurie

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