“A Story of Love, Pluck and Thrills of City Streets and Romance In a "Big Town."”
Soon after arriving in the U.S., Romanian immigrant Franz Libelt dies, leaving his daughter Michelna an orphan. The girl is befriended by newsboy Blackie Moyle, who invites her to share his home, which is a large piano box in a vacant lot. After he teaches her to be a "newsie," she cuts her hair, dresses as a boy, and changes her name to Mike. When Blackie is blinded while protecting her from a thief, Mike is forced to find a way to support them both
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Cast
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Vivian Martin
Michelna Libelt
Also in
The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England
The Song of the Soul
James Neill
Franz Libelt
Known for
The Cheat
The Ten Commandments
Paul Willis
'Blackie' Moyle
Also in
Enoch Arden
The Cry of the Weak
Charles West
Tip Morgan
Also in
In the Border States
The Female of the Species
Mary Mersch
Ruth Camden
Also in
Blue Blood
Who Killed Walton?
Vera Lewis
Mrs. Westfall
Known for
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Night Nurse
Louise Harris
Mrs. Camden
Frank Reicher Director · Tom Forman Story James Van Trees Cinematographer
United States release October 8, 1917 · Produced in United States · Working title The Dogy
Production
Pallas Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
The Dogy · Love O' Mike
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · October 8, 1917
Theatrical
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