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The Trouble Buster (1917)

Name: The Trouble Buster
Director: Frank Reicher
Genre: Drama
Released: 1917-10-08
Duration: 50 min
Cast: Vivian Martin, James Neill, Paul Willis, Charles West, Mary Mersch

October 8, 191750mEN

Drama

Overview

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

Director

Frank Reicher

Writers

Tom Forman, Gardner Hunting