I have a whole lot of favorite movie, but one of my most favorite movies is called Sparrows. The movie Sparrows is one of Mary Pickfords most perfect movies, according to me, and many other people. I will give a quick summary of the movie without ruining anything in the story.
The movie starts by introducing Mr. Grimes and his house/ farm in the swamps. He runs a baby farm. I had never heard of anything called a baby farm before watching this movie and i'm sure other people didn't know what it was either. I can kind of explain. It's pretty much a place where somebody takes care of a bunch of orphans. But Mr. Grimes isn't just any baby farmer... he is an evil one. There are ten children living at this swamp farm and Mr. Grimes forces them to work all day every day with a minimum amount of food. They "live" in the attic of the barn and have to hide there every time Mr. grimes rings the bell at the farm fence because he doesn't want anybody knowing that there are orphans living there. Anyways, Mary Pickford is the oldest orphan staying at the swamp and she spends her time caring for the nine other children. Mr. Grimes get tempted by a criminal Joe Bailey, to help him go through with a kidnapping. The plan is to have Bailey and his associate kidnap a baby girl until her rich father, Dennis Wayne, pays the ransom money.
There are touching moments, scary moments, sweet moments, funny moments for sure, and there is one of the most exciting chase scenes in all movie history! (pretty much). Mary Pickford, known as Molly or Mama Molly in the movie, leads her pack of orphans through the swamp. They swing on a vine, then climb trees, and they escape the jaws of horrific crocodiles!!!! What more could you ask for?
If you are a fan of Mary Pickford or want to be a fan of her, this movie will most certainly make a change in your life. Sparrows was the first Mary Pickford movie I ever saw. There are two versions of the movie. One you can find online. That version has an organ soundtrack that can get kind of dull and boring... Another version of the movie is the dvd version. I'm not sure whether you can find this version online, but the soundtrack is much lighter and happier. Whichever soundtrack you hear while watching, the movie is still always wonderful and definitely worth your time.
Here are some pretty pictures from the movie...
These are different movie posters... you know that though.
This picture is so pretty, don't you think so?
It is rumored that Mary Pickford actually wanted to adopt the rich baby in the movie. The babies name is Mary Louise Miller, and after being in Sparrows, she went on to be the baby of other famous stars in other movies. There were news reports that Mary Pickford offered to pay money to adopt the baby. But, it is not a proven fact, and Mary Louise Miller's grand daughter says that she finds it hard to believe that Mary Pickford would really put up money to adopt the baby and doubts that it ever really happened. The Grand daughter said that she was sure that Mary Pickford may have said, I would just love to adopt this baby, or something like that as a joking way, but never anything serious.
Anyways, if you haven't seen this movie than I just don't know what you are doing with your life. Here is the link to the movie if you want to watch it right away... or maybe later... http://www.veoh.com/watch/v17884839JXgDY5py
Leave comments and WATCH THE MOVIE!!! If you don't even have the smallest hint of a tear in your eye at any point in this movie, I'll be awfully surprised. And if you aren't smiling the biggest smile your mouth can handle by the end of the movie, then you didn't watch carefully enough. Or maybe you just don't get so happy at things like movie endings.
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