The Child and the Tramp (1911)

Directed by

Bannister Merwin

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

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How it feels

A tramp rejects a life of crime and is taken in by a kind family. They accept him as their own.

lightheartedwhimsicalheartwarminggentlesimplefeel-goodnostalgicquiet

What happens

The Child and the Tramp is a 1911 American silent short comedy film directed by Bannister Merwin. It was produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company and was released on 28 April 1911. The film, a short, had an approximative length of 1000 ft of footage (one reel). It adapts a story by Albert Mallory. The plot revolves around a tramp who refuses to become a burglar and is welcomed into a family that adopts him as one of their own. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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