Ida's Christmas
A poor young girl finds a purse and returns it to its owner, who decides to reward her honesty.
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"With his stout physique and Pickwickian manner, rising comedy superstar John Bunny was a natural to play Santa Claus in this split-reel melodrama from 1912. In greater detail, though, it was more a matter of helping out -- at Vitagraph, you might star in one picture, be an extra in a crowd scene in the next and wield a hammer in building sets in a third, quite possibly all in one day. This short subject is about Dolores Costello, a little girl -- she was all of nine when this movie was released -- who wants a particular doll for Christmas. Her parents are far too poor to buy it for her, so wh..."
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Released as a split reel along with the comedy It All Came Out in the Wash (1912).
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A poor young girl finds a purse and returns it to its owner, who decides to reward her honesty.