Little Miss Optimist
1917, English. Directed by Robert Thornby.
Mazie-Rosie Carden, a waif who pays her board by selling papers on the street, saves the life of starving musician Deal Hendrie by giving him her cherished "lucky dime." Meanwhile, her brother Ben, employed as a weigh-master by the West Coal Company, has been discharged on a trumped-up accusation by the company's manager, Samuel Winter, of falsifying weights.
- Runtime
- 0h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 26 August 1917
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Gardner Hunting
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Little Miss Optimist runs 50 minutes (0h 50m).
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Little Miss Optimist isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 August 1917. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Little Miss Optimist?
Little Miss Optimist (1917) was directed by Robert Thornby and stars Vivian Martin, Tom Moore, Charles West.