The Chimney Sweep

Jimmy, a waif chimney sweep, sees Joyce while cleaning a chimney in Colonel Wynne's magnificent home, and believes that she is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. He clips a curl while she sleeps and leaves note explaining that he "Tuk the kurl bekawse yure the purtiest gurl I ever saw." Donaldson, the colonel's close friend, adopts Jimmy, who grows up into a well-educated young man. Joyce likes him immediately, but he has a rival, Carl Bellou. Jimmy writes a note to Joyce informing her that one of her suitors is the little chimney sweep who has striven ever since to make himself worthy of her. He tells Bellou about it and the latter hurries to announce himself as the chimney sweep. "I had hoped it was Jimmy," she tells him, and Jimmy enters in time to hear her words. He has the ring with him.

Joyce Fair

Joyce Wynne

John Cossar

Colonel Wynne

Fred Malatesta

Donalson

Tommy Harper

Jimmy the Chimney Sweep - A Waif

• Lawrence C. WindomDirector

Release date

August 1, 1916

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

18m

Genres

Drama

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