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Broncho Billy’s Christmas Deed
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Gilbert M. Anderson
Cast: Broncho Billy Anderson (Gilbert M. Anderson) [Broncho Billy], Harry Todd [the poor husband], Marguerite Clayton, True Boardman, Fred Church, Josephine Rector, Frank Pementel, Victor Potel, David Kirkland, Emory Johnson, Tom Crizer (Thomas J. Crizer), Stanley Sargent, Jack Wood (Jack Woods), Jack Roberts, Eugenia Clinchard
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Gilbert M. Anderson. / Released 20 December 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Christmas, the one day in the year when hearts should be free and gay, when life on earth should be heaven. A poor man, the father of a young child, wants his offspring to have a Christmas such as every child is deserving of. He is penniless. For the love of his child he commits burglary. A happy Christmas morn is the result. The father is arrested. Broncho Billy, the sheriff, with a true and loyal Christmas spirit, sends the storekeeper a check for the amount of the goods stolen by the poor man, and frees the father to enjoy the remainder of the holiday with his wife and baby.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Christmas
Listing updated: 15 December 2024.
References: Tarbox-Lost p. 141 : Website-IMDb.
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