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Little Miss Optimist

191750mMovieDrama

Mazie-Rosie Carden, a waif who pays her board by selling papers on the street, saves the life of starving musician Deal Hendrie by giving him her cherished "lucky dime." Meanwhile, her brother Ben, employed as a weigh-master by the West…

DirectorRobert Thornby
WriterGardner Hunting

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Cast · Directed by Robert Thornby

VMVivian Martin
Vivian Martin
Mazie-Rosie Carden
TMTom Moore
Tom Moore
Deal Hendrie
CWCharles West
Charles West
Ben Carden
EJErnest Joy
Ernest Joy
John West
CGCharles K. Gerrard
Charles K. Gerrard
Samuel Winter
HB
Helen Bray
Belle Laurie

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Little Miss Optimist hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around October 14, 1917. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.