Captain Kiddo

Captain Kiddo

50 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 5, 1917

Marie and her friend Billy are playing pirates and -- in a rare instance of early women's lib -- Marie is the pirate and Billy is her assistant. Marie's widowed mother becomes engaged to Mr. Cross , whom Marie doesn't like -- she much prefers Jack Laird, a secret service man. Laird's investigation of opium smugglers leads him to suspect that Cross is involved, but Marie's mother refuses to let him be searched.

Captain Kiddo

50 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 5, 1917

Captain Kiddo
Marie and her friend Billy are playing pirates and -- in a rare instance of early women's lib -- Marie is the pirate and Billy is her assistant. Marie's widowed mother becomes engaged to Mr. Cross , whom Marie doesn't like -- she much prefers Jack Laird, a secret service man. Laird's investigation of opium smugglers leads him to suspect that Cross is involved, but Marie's mother refuses to let him be searched.
Producers Lasalida Film Corporation, Pathé Frères
Original title Captain Kiddo
Directors Eugene Moore
Writers Betty Burbridge

Cast

Marie Osborne

as Marie, Captain Kiddo

Marion Warner

as Marie's Mother

Philo McCullough

as Jack Laird

Harry von Meter

as Mr. Cross

Roy Clark

as Billy