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The Magic Wand

  • 1912
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Beverly Bayne and Francis X. Bushman in The Magic Wand (1912)
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A young child steals a "magic wand" from the school play in order to improve the lot of her destitute mother.A young child steals a "magic wand" from the school play in order to improve the lot of her destitute mother.A young child steals a "magic wand" from the school play in order to improve the lot of her destitute mother.

  • Director
    • Theodore Wharton
  • Writer
    • Louella Parsons
  • Stars
    • Francis X. Bushman
    • Beverly Bayne
    • Harriet Parsons
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    • Director
      • Theodore Wharton
    • Writer
      • Louella Parsons
    • Stars
      • Francis X. Bushman
      • Beverly Bayne
      • Harriet Parsons
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    Francis X. Bushman
    Francis X. Bushman
    • Jack Bronson
    Beverly Bayne
    Beverly Bayne
    • Cinderella
    Harriet Parsons
    Harriet Parsons
    • Little Harriet - the Fairy
    • (as Baby Parsons)
    Helen Dunbar
    Helen Dunbar
    • Widow Norton
    Billy Mason
    Billy Mason
    Joseph Allen Sr.
    • The Stage Manager
    • (as Joseph Allen)
    Eleanor Blanchard
    Eleanor Blanchard
    Fred Wulf
    Eva Prout
    Eva Prout
    • Director
      • Theodore Wharton
    • Writer
      • Louella Parsons
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    The great trouble with the picture is the child player

    A delightful and very promising situation was quite ruined by its treatment in this particular picture. It illustrates a somewhat watery poem that had a good idea which it treated sentimentally. Its center of interest is a poor little raggedy child who got a job as fairy queen in a Cinderella production. This, as shown, seems highly improbable when there are so many more available children in the world. If her mother had been a once famous star, it might have seemed more convincing. The little tot steals the magic wand hoping to change the complexion of her mother's cheerless den through its power. This brings the manager to her attic and results in the inevitable basket of groceries. The great trouble with the picture is the child player, who never for a moment forgot the camera and was quite wooden throughout. The picture's story cannot help pleasing; but the production is almost without atmosphere. - The Moving Picture World, August 31, 1912

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    • Release date
      • August 16, 1912 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Production company
      • The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
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      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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