Little Friends

John Ford directed his early works, and was still using Jack Ford as his director name at this time. Although Ford had shot more than 60 silent films, most of them are now lost. This film is one of the few that has survived. It tells the story of a very simple western town, and the protagonist Beam (Buck) Jones is a homeless man. One day he accidentally meets Bill (Georgie Stone), a boy who is also a homeless man, and the two become close friends. Beam has always been secretly in love with school teacher Mary Bruce (Helen Ferguson). However, she already has her boyfriend Harvey Cahill (William Buckley). Coupled with his status as a homeless man, he usually only dares to look at her from a distance. In order to better take care of Bill, Beam planned to find a job, but his employer made a very difficult request. Bill unfortunately fell down while trying to help Beam. Beam was sad and found that Mary, whom he had a crush on, was also in big trouble.