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  • Driftwood (I) (1912)
  • Short | Drama, Short
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Driftwood (I) (1912)
Short | Drama, Short

Katherine Dalton finds herself alone in a big city without friends, funds or hope of employment. Because she dares to rebuff the affronts of a ward politician, she is forced to leave her cheap rooming house and is denied admission at the ...See moreKatherine Dalton finds herself alone in a big city without friends, funds or hope of employment. Because she dares to rebuff the affronts of a ward politician, she is forced to leave her cheap rooming house and is denied admission at the city lodgings. Tired and hungry she finally joins the "bread line," that last resort of the city's unfortunate. Here she meets Bill Hickey, a human derelict through circumstance. While wandering along the snow-covered streets, in search of a place to sleep, they suddenly come face to face with another couple. The girls stare at each other in amazement. They are exact doubles. The men do not notice this. Hickey later reads in a newspaper of the reward being offered for the return of one Katherine Kent, a wealthy merchant's daughter, and description. Katherine recognizes her passerby of the street. Hungry and cold, she tells Hickey she is going to try to palm herself off as the missing heiress. They go to the house, but the imposition is discovered and Katherine's last chance for a place to sleep vanishes. They later find the missing girl and induce her to return to her parents. When Mr. Kent hears his daughter's story, his eyes are opened to the existing conditions and the human driftwood find at last food and shelter. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Otis Thayer (as Otis B. Thayer)
Writers
William V. Mong | Francois Soulvain (story "Without Benefit of Holly")
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Apr 9, 1912 (United States)

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8 cast members
Name Known for
Kathlyn Williams
Katherine Dalton Katherine Dalton   See fewer
Myrtle Stedman
Katherine Kent Katherine Kent   See fewer
William Duncan
Bill Hickey Bill Hickey   See fewer
William Bernhard
Tim Doolin Tim Doolin   See fewer
Frank Weed
Abe Ratalski Abe Ratalski   See fewer
Walter Roberts
Mr. George Kent Mr. George Kent   See fewer
Clara Melville
Mrs. George Kent Mrs. George Kent   See fewer
Rose Evans
Marie Reagan Marie Reagan   See fewer
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