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{en} Sparrows (USA, 1926), directed by William Beaudine, starring Mary Pickford.

Molly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.--IMDb

Molly is the eldest of a group of orphans who are the inmates of a "baby farm" in the midst of a Louisiana swamp full of alligators and quicksand, operated by the alarmingly homicidal Mr. Grimes. When the inmates of the baby farm are not being tormented by Grimes' diabolical son Ambrose, they are being forced to work for their meagre rations. When one of the orphans (Jackie Levine) asks Molly why God isn't helping them, she answers that He will help them if they keep praying, but is just busy watching every sparrow that falls. Things start to go wrong for Grimes when his greed leads him to accept payment for concealing a kidnapped baby whilst the kidnappers seek a ransom. When he realizes that the case is all over the papers, he takes fright and decides to chuck the baby in the quicksand to destroy any evidence of his complicity in the kidnapping! Discovering what Grimes is planning, Molly, in desperation, finally decides to escape with all her kids across the alligator-infested swamp. <BoyActors>

Cast

• Mary Pikford (1892-1979)

• Spec O'Donnell (1911-1986)
• Monty O'Grady (1916-2000)
• Billy Butts (1918-1987)
• Jack Levine (1919-1985)
• Billy "Red" Jones (1913-2000)
• Muriel McCormac (1918-2000)
• Florence Rogan (1917-2004)
• Mary Frances McLean (Mary McLain, Mary McLane)
• Sylvia Bernard
• Seessel Anne Johnson (1920-1956)
• Cammilla Johnson (1918-1999)