Buttercups

1913
8m

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A widowed mother, the poorest of the poor Irish peasantry, tries to make life cheerful and pleasant for her two little ones. She tells them fairy tales from Irish folklore. The one that plea... Read allA widowed mother, the poorest of the poor Irish peasantry, tries to make life cheerful and pleasant for her two little ones. She tells them fairy tales from Irish folklore. The one that pleases them most is about the fairies who boil buttercups from the fields into gold. Her chil... Read allA widowed mother, the poorest of the poor Irish peasantry, tries to make life cheerful and pleasant for her two little ones. She tells them fairy tales from Irish folklore. The one that pleases them most is about the fairies who boil buttercups from the fields into gold. Her children decide that they will follow the example of the fairies, gather some buttercups and b... Read all

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Released as a split reel along with the documentary The Panama Canal (1913).

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We count the offering a distinct success

A pretty little story of two Irish children, with a fairy background. It is set in and around a dilapidated cabin where a poor woman and the children live. An old folklore tale of how fairies make their gold leads the children to boil buttercups to get some money. We have the rough tax gatherer and the grinding landlord and, contrasting with them, the charitable passer, who sees to it that the buttercups do boil down to real gold. Mrs. Breuil, the authoress, deserves a good deal of credit. Julia S. Gordon plays the woman and puts all her art into the part. The children also are engaging. We count the offering a distinct success. Frederick Thomson produced it. The photography is only fair. - The Moving Picture World, March 1, 1913