The Big Adventure

Name: The Big Adventure
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Genre: Adventure, Family
Released: 1921-04-01
Duration: 50 min
Rating: 10
Cast: B. Reeves Eason Jr., Fred Herzog, Lee Shumway, Molly Shafer, Gertrude Olmstead

“Thrills, Tears, Mystery Smiles for Old and Young”

1921

50m

Adventure Family

Director: B. Reeves Eason

Writer: J. Edward Hungerford

Overview

Patches, a kind-hearted orphan of the slums, finds life unbearable under the cruel abuse of his stepfather, Old Whiskers, for whose support he is forced to steal. Stowing away in a freight car with his dog, he escapes to a neighboring town where he is given a home by Mrs. Lane, sister of the town judge.