Olaf—An Atom

Overview

Broken by grief after his mother's death, Olaf becomes a wanderer. He is treated cruelly until he is given a meal by a woman at the homestead where she lives with her husband and baby. Olaf is able to return her kindness when he overhears a plot to rob the settlers of their home. He alerts the couple and delays the would-be thieves long enough for the husband to file a claim on his land. Olaf is injured by the claim jumpers but he recovers, alone and forgotten by those he has helped. He then moves aimlessly along.

Cast

Harry Carey

Olaf, an Atom

Kate Bruce

Olaf's Mother

Charles Hill Mailes

A Parent

Claire McDowell

A Parent

Donald Crisp

The Beggar

N/A

Frank Evans

The Blacksmith

N/A

John T. Dillon

The Claim Jumper

Thomas Jefferson

The Doctor (unconfirmed)