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The Goodfellow’s Christmas Eve
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Francis X. Bushman [James Sawyer], Harry Cashman, Eva Prout, Lily Branscombe, Frank Dayton, William Walters, Whitney Raymond, Harriet Parsons [a child], Charlotte Vacher [a child]
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released [?] 9 or 15? December 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? James Sawyer, a wealthy bachelor, has had an unfortunate lore affair in his youth which has never healed. A man now well in years, he lives a lonely life at his club, completely apart from the rest of his associates. It is Christmas Eve. A number of clubmen are preparing to go out with baskets of food for the poor and they press Sawyer to join them. He sarcastically refuses. On the street, later, Sawyer accompanies them a little ways, when they find an abandoned baby on a doorstep. Sawyer takes it in his arms, and for the first time in years evinces sympathy. He takes the little mite to his home, where it is placed in charge of his old housekeeper, while her employer now thoroughly stirred with the spirit of Christmas, goes gladly forth to join his charitable friends. The evening results in the complete reformation of the rich old bachelor, who finds in relieving his more unfortunate brothers, the true key to all happiness and peace in life.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Christmas
Listing updated: 8 January 2025.
References: Maturi-Bushman p. 110 : Website-IMDb.
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