The Adventures of a Boy Scout
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Edward Warren
R. Dinwiddie
Campbell Mccullough
Edward Warren
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Tom is a sixteen-year-old street tough, left to fend for himself by his worthless father, Bill Slade, after wealthy landowner John Temple evicts them. Tom scorns the Boy Scout movement, as does Temple and his effeminate son Wilfred. Because of his interest in Temple's daughter Mary, Tom gets a job and joins the Scouts after seeing that they are as strong and tough as he. On a camping trip, Tom sees his father and a gang of tramps attempt to rob Temple's home. The Scouts frighten them, and when they attempt another robbery, Slade is slightly wounded and Temple's servant is shot. Although the Scouts use a wireless to summon medical help, Temple remains steadfast in his opposition to them. After he and Wilfred get lost on a fishing trip, Mrs. Temple asks the Scouts to search for them. Temple meets Slade, and they fight until they both fall unconscious. After the Scouts rescue them, Temple relents in his opposition, Wilfred joins, and Slade decides to get a job.
Director
Edward Warren
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Director Edward Warren left the Solax Co. in July 1913 to make this film, for which he was contracted by the National Boy Scouts of America. Shooting was completed in two weeks, and it was to be the first seven reel picture in America. No information has been located concerning its release in this format. According to a news item, R. Dinwiddie was given the initiative of embodying the theory and practice of the boy scouts, and Campbell McCullough, a government official, was commissioned to write the story. The copyright entry and a news item credit Warren as the author of the story. The film was endorsed by the National Headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America, and commended by Theodore Roosevelt and Judge Ben B. Lindsay. President Woodrow Wilson appeared in the film. Boy scouts sold tickets to the film. Twenty-five percent of the proceeds went to the Boy Scouts of America, while seventy-five percent went to the exhibitor. A company of boy scouts acted in the film. The Moving Picture World index for July-September 1913 lists the film's title as Boy Scouts of America, but no information has been located concerning its release under that name. The film's release in February 1915 coincided with the fifth anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
