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The Little Artist of the Market
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Robert Emmett Tansey [Joe, the little artist], George Lessey [the american architect], Miriam Nesbitt [the architect’s wife], Yale Boss [the architect’s son], Bigelow Cooper [the little artist’s uncle], Louise Sydmeth [the little artist’s aunt], Bliss Milford [the maid], Rowdy the dog
Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 20 July 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? An American architect traveling in Europe with his wife and little son comes upon an Italian artist painting on the Riviera. Little Joe, the artist’s son, is lying beside him, drawing on a piece of paper. While admiring the artist’s work, the architect’s eye falls upon the drawing of the boy; he is struck by the lad’s unusual talent, which is along the lines of architectural drawing. A year later, the artist has died and little Joe is brought to New York at the request of his only living relative, an uncle who is a fruit dealer. He and his wife mistreat the little orphan, force him to sleep in the cellar, and barely half-feed him. The boy’s inherent artistic tendencies cause him to make drawings on all the available fruit boxes at the stand, using the charcoal from the uncle’s peanut-roaster as a crayon and drawing the designs from his recollection of the old buildings in Italy. Joe’s only friend is Rowdy, a stray dog he has befriended; unknown to his uncle he shares his miserable quarters and meager food supply with him. The American architect has returned from Europe, distraught over his little son’s death, thus unable to get an inspiration for the plans of an exposition building upon which he is bidding. The idea of which he is in search finally comes through seeing one of little Joe’s drawings on an orange box delivered by a peddler. He searches for the person who made the drawing and is rewarded by finding little Joe in the cellar, ill, with Rowdy as his only companion. He arranges with the sordid uncle to adopt the boy, dog and all. While Joe is convalescing, the grateful architect asks the boy his greatest wish. After thinking, little Joe draws a picture of a dog house for his canine friend.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 21 December 2024.
References: Pratt-Spellbound p. ? : Website-IMDb.
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