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  • A Friend to Children (1912)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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A Friend to Children (1912)
Short | Short, Comedy
An eccentric character passing by a residence in which an Amazon is beating the dust from the drawing-room furniture, assumes that some little child is being punished, and mounting the stairs, he bounds into the room, finds the woman with ...See moreAn eccentric character passing by a residence in which an Amazon is beating the dust from the drawing-room furniture, assumes that some little child is being punished, and mounting the stairs, he bounds into the room, finds the woman with the beater in her hand, and a child uttering plaintive walls. A struggle ensues in which our friend comes off second best. Going into the street, he next befriends a man who has imbibed too well. A melee ensues, and eventually Smith finds himself hauled off to the police station, where he is fined $5 before he is a free man again. A woman who is doing her washing attracts his attention, and his well-meant interference brings upon his head a bucket of soap-suds. Outside, a circus in which a boxing contest is in progress, the sound of blows falls upon Smith's ears, and his further investigations once more have disastrous results. We now see him at home, a sorrowful sight. Yet even now his kindness is not exhausted, for seeing a howling mob of youngsters outside his window, he prepares a treat for them. The commissariat is exhausted, and when his friends turn upon him, he comes to the conclusion that ungratefulness is the world's compensation for charity. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Frederik Buch
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Updated Jan 27, 1912
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Jan 27, 1912 (United States)

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