A Good Little Devil
Cast & Crew
Edwin S. Porter
Mary Pickford
Ernest Truex
William Norris
Iva Merlin
Wilda Bennett
Film Details
Synopsis
Charles MacLance, a mischievious little boy sent to live with his cruel aunt, Mrs. MacMiche, takes his happiness from the make-believe world of fairies which he has created with Juliet, a little blind girl. When Charles' aristocratic grandfather dies, however, he is sent away to an expensive school, in preparation for his adult life as a lord. As he grows up, he forgets Juliet and his make-believe friends, and becomes engaged to a fashionable society girl, but the soul of his former self leaves him to rejoin the good fairies. Meanwhile, Mrs. MacMiche has come to believe in fairies, and in her new goodness, she asks Charles to come and live with her again. At first reluctant, Charles soon resurrects fond memories of the past. Juliet, whose sight has been restored, helps him to complete his change, and he asks her to marry him. In the end, the couple live happily with Mrs. MacMiche in their fantasy world.
Director
Edwin S. Porter
Cast
Mary Pickford
Ernest Truex
William Norris
Iva Merlin
Wilda Bennett
Arthur Hill
Edward Connelly
David Belasco
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Notes
The film was produced by arrangement with David Belasco. According to several sources, the film contained the "entire Broadway cast" of the Belasco production, although certain members of the theatrical version actually May not have been on screen. According to modern sources this was the first feature-length picture filmed by Pickford, although by the time of its release, Caprice, actually made later, had already been shown theatrically. The 1918 MPSD states that Danny "Kid" Hogan served on the film as either an actor, an assistant director, or both.
