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The Patience of Miss Job
(1909) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 185 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / © 27 August 1909 by Edison Manufacturing Company [J131246, J131247, J131248]. Released 24 August 1909; in a split-reel with A Child of the Forest (1909). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
[?] Drama?
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A short history of the conquest of the traditional bad boy by a little teacher in a Sunday-school who, seeing beneath the surface, realized that within the bad boy beat a good heart and that his transgressions were not due to vicious motives. Her patience was severely taxed, however, when the new scholar was taken to the annual Sunday-school picnic where he lost no time in stirring up trouble. In fact the trouble began before they got to the picnic grounds. The picture shows how he monopolized the swings, stole the big cake, started a fight or two, upset a boat with two of the other children in it, and did a few other things that added to his disgrace. It also shows how narrowly he escaped a merited spanking for each one of these pieces of mischief, how little Miss Job’s patience overruled the Superintendent’s righteous anger, and how, in the end, that patience reached the boy’s heart and made him her friend.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 11 September 1909, page ?] An Edison picture which has two sides, depending upon one’s point of view, which may be one way or another, depending upon personal attributes. The lover of boys, no matter what their natural proclivities may be, will see in it a confirmation of their oft repeated assertions that every boy has good in him. While those who incline to the opinion that boys are naturally bad will still use the arguments presented in the picture to enforce their claims. And the patience of the much abused Sunday school teacher is good to contemplate. The boyish pranks are naturally acted, and the loving efforts of the teacher win sympathy by their long suffering persistence, and when she finally conquers the boy the audience rejoices with her. The chief interest in this film lies in its fidelity to life, its appeal to humanity. For this reason it cannot fail to please.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 April 2024.
References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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