Little Boy Blue (1916)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Short
Release: 1916-07-14
Director: Rupert Julian
Writers: Eugene Field , Rupert Julian
Language: None | English
Stars: Rupert Julian , Elsie Jane Wilson , Baby Clements
Runtime: 10 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Little Boy Blue (United States of America) , Little Boy Blue
Plot: Cyril, an author, and his wife, have lately drifted apart. The difference between them, slight at first, has grown with time, and the little child is the only link that held them together. In his indifferent way, Cyril is very fond of the child and often rebukes his wife for the scrapes the youngster gets into, which helps to widen the breach between them. The constant companions of the child are a little tin soldier and a tin dog. Cyril receives notice from a newspaper syndicate stating that his children's poems are proving very popular and requesting more of his work. That night a tropical rain storm is raging outside and Cyril is busy working on his poems. Little Boy Blue, awakened by the rain, remembers leaving his two playmates, the soldier and the dog, outside, and slipping out into the storm, rescues them. He wipes the rain from them and places them in the closet. Just as he slips into bed the father finds him and sees he is wringing wet. He again rebukes the mother for not watching the child more closely. The trip into the night air is too much for the little fellow, and he contracts a deadly ailment. The doctors are unable to save him. With the death of the child, Cyril and his wife become definitely separated. She returns to her parents, while he remains in the house. The years pass. The little soldier and tin dog wonder what has become of their little playmate, and one night Cyril, rummaging around in the closet, brings the child's little playmates back to light. At the sight of them his indifference breaks down and he is filled with remorse and regret over the attitude he has taken against his wife. On the spur of the moment he composes a verse telling the pathetic story of the deserted soldier and dog. The wife later reads the verse in a paper and her old love returns. She hurries to the house and finds her husband preparing his own meal. She notes the rages time has made upon him, and rushes towards him. With a glad cry he takes her in his arms, and the little toy soldier and the little tin dog are placed in a conspicuous place to remind them that nothing shall ever come between them again.
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