An Easter Lily (1914)

  • NR
  • 04/09/1914 (US)
  • 10m

Overview

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 visiting cousin and invites Lily to join his family for Sunday worship.

Tefft Johnson

Director

Cast

Bobby Connelly's headshot

Bobby Connelly

Sonny Jim
Mabel Kelly's headshot

Mabel Kelly

Sonny Jim's Mother
Tefft Johnson's headshot

Tefft Johnson

Sonny Jim's Father
Ada Utley's headshot

Ada Utley

Lily
Charles Kent's headshot

Charles Kent

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