The Sparrows / directed by William Beaudine.

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: ALP 82850 | Alpha VideoSeries: Lost silent classics collectionPublisher: Narberth, PA : Alpha Video, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 videodisc (107 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

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video

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videodisc

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PN1997 .S62772 2019

Cast: Mary Pickford, Roy Stewart, Gustav Von Seyffertitz, 'SPEC' O'Donnell.Summary: "In the Southern swamplands stands a rickety farmhouse owned by elderly Mr. Grimes. The wicked old man uses it as an orphanage for unwanted children, who he forces to do manual labor. The oldest, Molly, watches over the others and tries to give them hope. She tells them that God will care for them just as he does for the smallest of sparrows. A pair of crooks arrives at the orphanage with the kidnapped baby of wealth parents. Grimes agrees to hide the infant from the police until the ransom is delivered. When the kidnapping gets played up in the papers, Grimes becomes nervous and orders the child be drowned in the swamp. Learning of Grimes' plans, a fearful Molly takes the children and leads them on a perilous trek through the swamplands to freedom ... hoping that God is listening just as she'd always told her little sparrows ..."--Container.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
DVD	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	DVDs	New Movies	DVD SPA	In-Process		36748002647461

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Molly is a caretaker at an orphanage to watch the abandoned children under the supervision of a heartless old miser.

Originally released as a motion picture by B & W in 1926.

Mary Pickford, Roy Stewart, Gustav Von Seyffertitz, 'SPEC' O'Donnell.

"In the Southern swamplands stands a rickety farmhouse owned by elderly Mr. Grimes. The wicked old man uses it as an orphanage for unwanted children, who he forces to do manual labor. The oldest, Molly, watches over the others and tries to give them hope. She tells them that God will care for them just as he does for the smallest of sparrows. A pair of crooks arrives at the orphanage with the kidnapped baby of wealth parents. Grimes agrees to hide the infant from the police until the ransom is delivered. When the kidnapping gets played up in the papers, Grimes becomes nervous and orders the child be drowned in the swamp. Learning of Grimes' plans, a fearful Molly takes the children and leads them on a perilous trek through the swamplands to freedom ... hoping that God is listening just as she'd always told her little sparrows ..."--Container.

Not rated.

DVD.

Silent film with music and English intertitles.