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  • The Motherless Kids (1914)
  • Short | Short, Comedy, Drama
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The Motherless Kids (1914)
Short | Short, Comedy, Drama

Betty Trent arrives to take charge of a newly acquired farm. She reads in a magazine of the profits derived from raising goats, and though the farm is well stocked with other animals and fowls, she decides to raise some goats. Her hired ...See moreBetty Trent arrives to take charge of a newly acquired farm. She reads in a magazine of the profits derived from raising goats, and though the farm is well stocked with other animals and fowls, she decides to raise some goats. Her hired boy, Sammy, tells her a neighbor has a couple of kids she can secure, omitting to mention the fact that they are human, and so Betty at once proceeds to send Sammy for the two kids. While Sammy is on his errand, Betty and her housekeeper proceed to build a pen for the kids and also prepare a meal of milk and cornmeal mush. Waddell, father of the kids, is called to town for the day on business, and glad of the opportunity to have someone look after them, readily gives them to Sammy, who keeping the joke to himself, has not mentioned that the kids are expected to be goats by Betty. The kids are brought to Betty and she is greatly disappointed, but seeing the dirty little pair are crying and in need of proper attention, she takes them up and after a day of feasting, she sends them back to Waddell. Visions of what they had at Betty's house cause them to refuse the simple food they have heretofore been accustomed to and they run away to see the kind lady, time after time. But a day comes when they fail to appear and she learns that they are sick. She is invited to nurse them by Waddell and through her attentions and kindliness she is at last asked to shepherd the little flock through life, and she accepts the invitation. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Sep 8, 1914

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Sep 8, 1914 (United States)

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Name Known for
Margarita Fischer
Betty Trent Betty Trent   See fewer
Harry A. Pollard
William Waddell William Waddell   See fewer
Allyn Lewis
Sammy - the Hired Man Sammy - the Hired Man   See fewer
Kathie Fischer
One of the Motherless Kids One of the Motherless Kids   See fewer
Buddy Powers
One of the Motherless Kids One of the Motherless Kids   See fewer
Mary Scott
Betty's Maid Betty's Maid   See fewer
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