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Little Miss Optimist

August 26, 1917

50 minutes

Robert Thornby

Drama

Overview

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.

Movie Details

Release Date

August 26, 1917

Runtime

50 minutes

Director

Robert Thornby

Production Companies

Pallas Pictures

Cast

Vivian Martin

Mazie-Rosie Carden

Tom Moore

Deal Hendrie

Charles West

Ben Carden

Ernest Joy

John West

Charles K. Gerrard

Samuel Winter

Helen Bray

Belle Laurie