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Sparrows is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Beaudine released in USA on 19 september 1926 with Mary Pickford
Sparrows (1926)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 september 1926
Length 1h24
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children
Rating72%
Sparrows is a 1926 American silent film about a young woman who rescues a baby from kidnappers. The film, which was originally titled Scraps, starred and was produced by Mary Pickford, who was the most powerful woman in Hollywood at the time.
Synopsis
Mr. Grimes and his wife operate a dismal "baby farm" near an alligator-infested swamp. Molly, an adolescent inmate and the oldest of their charges, attempts to provide the other tattered, starving kids with the loving maternal care they need. Most of the children are orphans. One mother sends her child a doll, but Grimes crushes its head and tosses it into the swamp.Actors
Mary Pickford
(Molly)
Gustav von Seyffertitz
(Mr. Grimes)
Roy Stewart
(Dennis Wayne)
Charlotte Mineau
(Mrs. Grimes)
Roy Stewart
(Dennis Wayne)
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