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Sparrows is a 1926 American silent drama film about a young woman who rescues a baby from kidnappers. The film, which was originally titled Scraps , starred and was produced by Mary Pickford , who was the most powerful woman in Hollywood at the time.
Sparrows: Directed by William Beaudine, Tom McNamara. With Mary Pickford, Roy Stewart, Mary Louise Miller, Gustav von Seyffertitz. Molly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.
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- Drama
- William Beaudine, Tom McNamara
- 1926-09-06
After miles of dangers through the alligator-ridden swamp, the children find the police trailing Grimes; his wife and son are arrested, but the kidnapers escape and are pursued by motorboat and end in watery deaths. Mollie finds happiness at last when her entire brood is adopted by a millionaire.
Sparrows, in which you play a teenage girl trapped with a gaggle of “orfants” on a farm deep in the alligator-infested swamps by an evil old codger, Mr. Grimes. Doleful children, Bible stories and heavy handed Christianity, gators and quicksand abound.
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- William Beaudine, Tom Mcnamara
With Sparrows, Mary Pickford once again gave her audience what they wanted by playing “the hoyden, the protector, the fighter”. Mary stars as the oldest of a dozen children held hostage at what was called a “baby farm” where children of unwed mothers or deserted wives were deposited and then sold illegally to adoptive parents or as ...
Dec 8, 2013 · One of her darkest films, Sparrows tells the tale of a band of orphans who escape from an orphan farm and cross a dangerous gator-infested swamp. A surprisingly moody slice of Southern Gothic from America's Sweetheart.
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