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Little Miss Optimist is a american film directed by Robert Thornby with Vivian Martin

Little Miss Optimist (1917)

Little Miss Optimist
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Length 50minutes
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OriginUSA

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.

Synopsis

As described in a film magazine, when the foster mother of Mazie-Rosie Carden (Martin) marries, she is forced to find another home. She is sent to Hope Mission where she is given a place to stay. A millionaire named West (Joy) is murdered in his home, and Mazie's brother Ben (West) is accused of the crime. Fear of the police drives Mazie to flee to a church where she hides for several days. On Sunday, she is forced to hide in the pulpit and from here she is able to identify the killer through a much damaged coin West had on his person at the time of his murder. With the real murderer brought to justice and her brother free, Mazie is happy. She discovers that she is loved by a young man whom she befriended when he first came to the town, and like a fairy tale they live happily ever after.

Actors

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)
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