The Spirit of Christmas (1913)
Drama
Overview
The day before Christmas in a squalid tenement room shared by young sisters Nell and Bess, their brother Tom, and their 18-year-old sister Anne the younger children gather all their pennies and give them to Anne so she can buy Christmas presents for them. Anne looks at their meager savings with a sad smile, letting the coins trickle through her fingers onto the table, knowing the few pennies will not be enough to buy presents.
Cast
- William Humphrey as The Man of Wealth
- Marie Weirman as Anne
- Ethel Corcoran as One of the Children
- Rose Tapley as Jane
- Tefft Johnson as Teddy Vandeveer
- Mary Maurice as The Mother
- George Stewart as One of the Children
- Florence Foley as One of the Children
- Catherine Foley as One of the Children
- Ben Higgins as The Father