Young Mother Hubbard

Young Mother Hubbard (1917)

Drama

Forced by the death of her mother to care for her three brothers and sisters, little Mona Fairfax is known to farmers of her district as Young Mother Hubbard. The children's step-father, heavily in debt and tired of the burden imposed by the little family, abandons his farm, leaving the children, penniless, to shift for themselves. The following day Daniel Banning, a wealthy "country gentleman" and owner of the Fairfax farm, calls to collect back rent. He finds Mona and her children panic-stricken over a note left by their step-father, telling of his decision to leave. Banning turns a deaf ear to Mona's pleas that she be allowed to remain on the farm with her wards. He notifies the Children's Welfare Society. Directors of the society go to the farm, load them into an automobile, and take them to the society's headquarters. At headquarters the chairman calls for volunteers to take the children into their homes.

Director: Arthur Berthelet

Casts

	Mary McAllister as Mona
	William Clifford as John Banning
	Carolyn Irwin as Mrs. Howard
	Granville Bates as James
	Virginia Holmes as Louise
	Russell McDermott as Frank
	Baby Peck as The Baby
	Frank Dayton as Their Father
	Robert Bolder as Undetermined Role

Crew