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D.W. Griffith (sitting, left) and Edna Foster.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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The Adventures of Billy
(1911) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Edna Foster [Little Billy], Donald Crisp [the first tramp], Joseph Graybill [the second tramp], Dell Henderson [the rich man], Claire McDowell [the rich woman], Kate Bruce [the maid], Frank Evans [the farmer], W. Chrystie Miller [the robbery victim], D.W. Griffith [the gruff man on a park bench], Grace Henderson [a woman on a porch], Harry Hyde [a man on the lawn], Charles Hill Mailes [a farmhand rescuer], Alfred Paget [a farmhand rescuer], Marie Newton [the young girl]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by James Carroll. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 21 October 1911 by Biograph Company [J161914]. Released 19 October 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Little Billy, the bootblack, finding luck against him, decides to move to some other town. To do this he must walk, as he hasn’t the wherewithal for a railroad ticket. While trudging through the country, he falls into the hands of a couple of sinister-looking tramps, and they at once, by threats, force him to beg for them. A day or so later, the tramps hold up an old man, and while procuring his money throw him down with such force as to unintentionally kill him. Panic-stricken at their awful deed, they feel that the boy’s knowledge of the affair will prove disastrous for them, and so they decide to get rid of him. Through the sagacity of a dog the boy is saved and the tramps are captured.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights Holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 27 December 2022.
References: Film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 43; LoC-MoPic-1 p. 1; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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