The Child and the Tramp
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Miriam Nesbitt
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.jpg) The Child and the Tramp | |
| Directed by | Bannister Merwin |
| Written by | Bannister Merwin |
| Produced by | Edison Manufacturing Company |
| Starring | Charles M. Seay Miriam Nesbitt |
| Distributed by | General Film Company |
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| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent..English titles |
The Child and the Tramp is a 1911 American silent short comedy film directed by Bannister Merwin. It was produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company[1][2] and was released on 28 April 1911.[3][4] The film, a short, had an approximative length of 1000 ft of footage (one reel).[5] It adapts a story by Albert Mallory.[6][7] The plot revolves around a tramp who refuses to become a burglar and is welcomed into a family that adopts him as one of their own.
A contemporary magazine summarises the plot: "Reckles is a tramp who finds that two of his old road companions have "struck it rich" through a fake mining scheme. Some months later, "Reckless" lands in Southern California for the winter, and in asking for a "hand-out" is astonished to be received as one of the family and invited to dinner. He lingers to replace a broken toy, for he is skilled as a wood carver, and his work leads the father to ask why he does not work for a living."[6]
The family is ruined by the collapse of the Golden Valley Money Company, that the old companions of Reckless had robbed. Reckless manages to get hold of a part of the money and gives it back to the family on the child's birthday.[8]
Cast
- Charles M. Seay as Reckless, 1st tramp
- William West as 2nd tramp
- John R. Cumpson as 3rd tramp
- Harold M. Shaw as The Child's Father
- Miriam Nesbitt as The Child's Mother
- Edna May Weick as The Child
