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Waifs
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Anthony O’Sullivan

Cast: Harry Carey, Claire McDowell, Edwin August [the schoolteacher], [?] Fanny Midgley?

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by E. Lynn Summers. / Released 17 January 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The waif came to live with the unsuspecting old shoemaker. Then a homeless newsboy followed. One friendly heart bred another. That was too much for the proud, wealthy widowed sister. She declared she would have no orphans wished on her. Stilling her conscience, she took the children’s legacy, but one Sunday morning after the war, peace silenced all conflict.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 October 2023.

References: Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-IMDb.

 
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