Dinty (film)

Dinty is a 1920 silent drama written by Marshall Neilan specifically for Wesley Barry, a young actor known for his freckled complexion. Prominent among the supporting players were Colleen Moore, Marjorie Daw, Pat OMalley and Noah Beery.

In a village in the Irish woods, young Doreen Adair Colleen Moore falls in love with a young man, Danny OSullivan Tom Gallery. One day, Danny receives notice that he is offered a job in America. Before leaving, he marries Doreen. A year later, a son is born, and Doreen decides to follow her husband to America. Upon arriving in San Francisco from Ireland, Doreen discovers through Dannys landlady Mrs. OToole Kate Price that her husband has been killed in a car accident.To support herself and her infant son Dinty, Doreen labors night shifts as a scrub woman until, at the age of twelve, Dinty Wesley Barry becomes the familys breadwinner by selling newspapers. Doreen, meanwhile, suffers from tuberculosis and gets weaker by the day. ........

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