Little Red Decides (1918)

Little Red Decides (1918)

1918-02-24 United States of America 50 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Upon learning that the parents of "Little Red" have died, the cowboys of Colonel Ferdinand Aliso's ranch adopt the boy. Parson Jones and his church committee protest that the child should be brought up in more refined surroundings, but the cowboys, particularly Duck Sing, Aliso's Chinese cook, are so enamored of Little Red that they donate their poker money to the church to placate the congregation. After Little Red catches pneumonia and nearly dies, however, Dr. Kirk insists that the boy either live with the minister or acquire a mother through the marriage of one of the cowboys. While Little Red is recuperating at the parson's home, ranch hand Tom Gilroy courts the only marriageable women in town -- a widow and two spinsters -- but much to his relief, they all turn him down. In the end, Duck Sing and the colonel join forces and legally adopt him.

Cast

Jean Hersholt is Sour Milk
Sour Milk
Alice Davenport is Widow Bolton
Widow Bolton
Frederick Vroom is Col. Ferdinand Aliso
Col. Ferdinand Aliso
Jack Curtis is Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy
Barbara Connelly is Little Red
Goro Kino is Duck Sing
Duck Sing
Frank MacQuarrie is Parson Jones
Parson Jones
Nellie Anderson is Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones