The Spirit of Christmas

Overview

The day before Christmas in a squalid tenement room shared by young sisters Nell and Bess, their brother Tom, and their 18-year-old sister Anne the younger children gather all their pennies and give them to Anne so she can buy Christmas presents for them. Anne looks at their meager savings with a sad smile, letting the coins trickle through her fingers onto the table, knowing the few pennies will not be enough to buy presents.

Cast

William Humphrey

The Man of Wealth

Marie Weirman

Anne

Ethel Corcoran

One of the Children

Rose Tapley

Jane

Tefft Johnson

Teddy Vandeveer

Mary Maurice

The Mother

George Stewart

One of the Children

N/A

Florence Foley

One of the Children

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Catherine Foley

One of the Children

N/A

Ben Higgins

The Father