The Fairy and the Waif

Overview

Viola Drayton (Minter) has a fascination for fairies, but real life intervenes when her father, a colonel (W.T. Carleton), is called off to the European War (that's what they called World War I in early 1915). He leaves Viola in the care of the Nevisons (Herbert Wilke and Ina Brookes) and gives them thirty thousand dollars to invest on her behalf. When word arrives that Drayton has been killed in battle, Mr. Nevison takes Viola's money for himself, but he squanders it and his wife has to take in boarders. Viola hates her life at the Nevisons so she runs away and gets a job at a theater playing...a fairy.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 1, 1915

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

The Frohman Amusement Corp.

Cast

Percy Helton,Ina Brooks,Mary Miles Minter,Hubert Wilke,William T. Carleton,Will Archie

Director

Marie Hubert Frohman,George Irving

Writer

Marie Hubert Frohman

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0005298