A Roadside Impresario
Cast & Crew
Donald Crisp
George Beban
Jose Melville
Julia Faye
Harry De Vere
Harrison Ford
Film Details
Synopsis
Giuseppe Franchini lives with his little daughter Francesca and pet bear Bruno on the Italian coast. One day, Giuseppe sees a shipwrecked man offshore and swims to his rescue, but in doing so, he is carried out to sea. Upon his return, he finds that his wife has died of shock at the news of his drowning, and the stranger has taken away the little girl. Years later, Giuseppe travels to America with Bruno where they are arrested for invading an apiary on the Vandergrift estate. Giuseppe is befriended by Vandergrift's daughter Adelaide, but Bruno is sent to jail for his crimes. To pay Bruno's fine, Giuseppe takes a job in a roadhouse owned by John Slade. Here, he learns of Slade's plans to smear Adelaide's fiancé, Craig Winton, the reform candidate for mayor. Giuseppe presents proof of Slade's corruption to Adelaide, who turns it over to her father. When Giuseppe meets Vandergrift, he recognizes him as the man he rescued, but, realizing that Adelaide is happy in her life, he leaves town without letting her know that he is her real father.
Director
Donald Crisp
Cast
George Beban
Jose Melville
Julia Faye
Harry De Vere
Harrison Ford
Fred Huntley
W. A. Carroll
Adele Farrington
Bruno The Bear
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Notes
New York Dramatic Mirror erroneously credits George Beban with direction. The copyright entry lists J. C. Ivers as author. As Ivers was the head of Pallas Pictures, this listing May have been given only for copyright purposes and not to indicate that she wrote the story or scenario.
