An Easter Lily (1914)

1914 · Silent film · 9 min · dir. Tefft Johnson

• Short
• Comedy

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Synopsis

The third in the series, An Easter "Lily" takes on upstairs/downstairs race relations with childhood candor. Following his family’s African American maid to the laundry, Sonny Jim befriends her daughter Lily and shares his teddy bear. With Easter approaching, Mother Dear buys her boy a new outfit and readies her home for relatives. Sonny Jim talks about the coming festivities with his playmate. When he learns that she does not have holiday clothes, he appropriates the white frock of his…

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Details

Director

Tefft Johnson

Released

1914-04-09

Running time

9 minutes

Cast & crew

• Tefft Johnson Director
• Bobby Connelly
• MMabel Kelly
• Tefft Johnson
• AAda Utley
• Charles Kent

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