Little Miss Optimist (1917)
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.
- Date of release
- 1917-08-26
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Robert Thornby
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Little Miss Optimist is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Robert Thornby and written by Gardner Hunting. The film stars Vivian Martin, Tom Moore, Charles West, Ernest Joy, Charles K. Gerrard, and Helen Bray. The film was released on August 26, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.
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