The Little Minister (1913)

The Little Minister

1913

Drama Romance

Synopsis

To start a little in advance of our story, Lord Rintoul, of the English nobility, finds a little Gypsy girl three years old, who had been deserted by her parents. Fifteen years later, Gavin Dishart, the Little Minister, receives an appointment, his first, at Thrums, Scotland. This was made possible through the self-sacrifices of his widowed mother, to educate him for the ministry. The community of Thrums is made up of weavers, who work hard, have little and accomplish much. They are ultra-religious and look upon their pastor with such reverence that he is a little lower than the angels. While naturally intelligent, they are grounded in dogma and intolerance. Just after the Little Minister takes charge of the "Auld Licht Kirk" and the Manse, the weavers resent a reduction, by the manufacturers, in their pay and a strike is declared.

Credits

Director

James Young

Cast

Charles Eldridge as Sanders Webster

Clara Kimball Young as Lady Babbie

Flora Finch as Jeanne - the Dishart's Servant

Herbert Barry as Lord Rintoul

James Young as Gavin Dishart, the Little Minister

Mrs. E.M. Kimball as Mrs. Dishart, the Little Minister's Mother

Robert Gaillard as Wearywold - The Policeman

Rosemary Theby