The Little Darling (1909)
This might be termed a comedy of errors, for the overzealousness of a lot of good-hearted simple folks places them in a rather embarrassing position. Lillie Green, who keeps a boarding house, receives a letter from her old school chum, Polly Brown, whom sin hasn't seen in years, to the effect that as Lillie has never seen her little darling daughter, she will send her for a few days' visit, asking that someone meet the child at the 3:40 train. Lillie's boarders are a bunch of kind-hearted bachelors, who at once prepare to give the "Little Darling" the time of her life, buying a load of toys, etc., for her amusement, also procuring a baby carriage with which to meet her at the train. You may imagine their embarrassment when they find that Tootsie, instead of being a baby, proves to be a handsome young lady of seventeen, whose tastes run rather to garden gates, shady lanes and quiet nooks, than toys. (Moving Picture World)
Director: D.W. Griffith
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Mary Pickford as Little Darling |
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Robert Harron as |
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Mack Sennett as In Boarding House |
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Billy Quirk as In Boarding House |
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John R. Cumpson as In Boarding House |
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Arthur V. Johnson as In Boarding House |
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Owen Moore as In Boarding House |
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James Kirkwood as In Store |
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Henry B. Walthall as In Boarding House |
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Charles Avery as In Boarding House |
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Verner Clarges as In Boarding House |
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George Nichols as In Store |
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Anthony O'Sullivan as In Boarding House |
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Lottie Pickford as |
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Gertrude Robinson as In Store |
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Dorothy West as |
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Kate Toncray as |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Director |
| Camera | Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography |
| Writing | D.W. Griffith | Writer |
