The Little Darling

The Little Darling

2 mins | Comedy | Sept. 1, 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)

The Little Darling

2 mins | Comedy | Sept. 1, 1909

The Little Darling
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)
IMDb rating 4.5
Producers American Mutoscope & Biograph
Original title The Little Darling
Directors D.W. Griffith
Writers D.W. Griffith

Cast

Mary Pickford

as Little Darling

Mack Sennett

as In Boarding House

Billy Quirk

as In Boarding House

John R. Cumpson

as In Boarding House

Arthur V. Johnson

as In Boarding House

Owen Moore

as In Boarding House

James Kirkwood

as In Store

Henry B. Walthall

as In Boarding House

Charles Avery

as In Boarding House

Verner Clarges

as In Boarding House

George Nichols

as In Store

Anthony O'Sullivan

as In Boarding House

Gertrude Robinson

as In Store