The Actor’s Children
(1910) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] Barry O’Neil or Lloyd B. Carleton?
Cast: Orrilla Smith, Yale Boss, Frank H. Crane (Frank Hall Crane), Nicholas Jordan
Thanhouser Company production; distributed [?] on State Rights basis? by Thanhouser Company. / Scenario by Lloyd F. Lonergan and Gertrude Thanhouser. / Released 15 March 1910. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The first Thanhouser production. Jordan’s film debut.
Drama.
Synopsis: An actor is unluckily a cast member of a play that will not open on time due to the illness of the star. Unable to pay rent for his apartment, and out seeking a replacement engagement, the actor’s children are cast onto the streets when the landlady rents to someone else. The wandering children are lured by an organ grinder into forced street dancing. Meanwhile, at the old apartments, the actor receives news of a huge inheritance. On the streets, the children are rescued by a police detective and are taken to the office of a theatrical manager, who engages them for his theater. Unable to find their children, the finely-appointed actor and his wife decide to look for them in theater crowds, only to recognize them dancing on stage.
Survival status: Print exists in the Academy Film Archive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences film archive [35mm positive (Golden Gate Film Exchange)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Actors - African-Americans - Children - Inheritances - Italian-Americans - Landlords: Rent - Mail: Letters, Mailmen, Postmen - Organ grinders - Street scenes
Listing updated: 18 May 2012.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Lahue-World p. 61; Slide-Aspects p. 69 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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