A Bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.A Bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.A Bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.
Barbara Bedford
- Mrs. Dodd
- (scenes deleted)
Cora Sue Collins
- Clarabella Dodd
- (scenes deleted)
Sally Martin
- Belinda
- (scenes deleted)
Arthur Aylesworth
- John Little - Orphanage Manager
- (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs
- Lem Dodd - Man in Jim's Office
- (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Esther Dale
- Miss Brown - Orphanage Secretary
- (uncredited)
Jack Daley
- Mr. Miller - Exiting from Train
- (uncredited)
John Dilson
- Mr. Brown - Man in Jim's Office
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- Trivia"Rex", the dog in this movie, is the same dog (Terry) who played Toto in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
- ConnectionsReferenced in Sofia the First: Bad Little Dragon (2016)
- SoundtracksLong, Long Ago
(1883)
Music and Lyrics by Thomas Haynes Bayley
Played as background music over the opening credits
Reprised often as background music
Featured review
You Have To See This To Believe It!
The headline is true, except I should say "has to be HEARD" to be believed. That's because this is so far far removed from anything ever produced in Hollywood, as far as I know. In fact, you would guess some Christian organization made this movie, not mainstream Hollywood, even in 1939.
The unique theme of this movie? Believing in the Bible. Wow, what a novel concept!
The lead character in here, played wonderfully by Virginia Weidler, is an 11 or 12-year-old girl who starts off sentences with, "Well....the Bible says."....or "The Lord told me.." And she's proved right, time after time.
It's a short (72-minute) story about a girl who runs away from home, finds a family, and then helps her "adopted" father with a major problem. Along the way, she transforms a young ruffian and his drunken father, and a grumpy old man who owns the town. This girl - with Scripture in hand - does it all!
It isn't simply a corny, overly sentimental film, although those certainly are ingredients in this mix. There also is drama, action, romance and humor....a little bit of everything.
This is a wonderful, unique film. Sad to say it's never been available on tape or disc. Too bad, because there is a sizable Bible-believing audience out there hungry for something as refreshing as this.
The unique theme of this movie? Believing in the Bible. Wow, what a novel concept!
The lead character in here, played wonderfully by Virginia Weidler, is an 11 or 12-year-old girl who starts off sentences with, "Well....the Bible says."....or "The Lord told me.." And she's proved right, time after time.
It's a short (72-minute) story about a girl who runs away from home, finds a family, and then helps her "adopted" father with a major problem. Along the way, she transforms a young ruffian and his drunken father, and a grumpy old man who owns the town. This girl - with Scripture in hand - does it all!
It isn't simply a corny, overly sentimental film, although those certainly are ingredients in this mix. There also is drama, action, romance and humor....a little bit of everything.
This is a wonderful, unique film. Sad to say it's never been available on tape or disc. Too bad, because there is a sizable Bible-believing audience out there hungry for something as refreshing as this.
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- Oct 13, 2005
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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