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The $5 Baby (1922)
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60 min | Comedy, Drama

The $5 Baby (1922)

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60 min | Comedy, Drama

A tramp called the "Solitary Kid" finds an abandoned infant, Ruth, on a doorstep, with a note promising a rich reward upon the girl's eighteenth birthday. The Solitary Kid "hocks" her for five dollars with Ben Shapinsky, a Jewish ...See moreA tramp called the "Solitary Kid" finds an abandoned infant, Ruth, on a doorstep, with a note promising a rich reward upon the girl's eighteenth birthday. The Solitary Kid "hocks" her for five dollars with Ben Shapinsky, a Jewish pawnbroker, who rears the infant as his own daughter. In time, Ruth turns eighteen, and the Solitary Kid, who has continued to pay interest on his five-dollar "loan," returns to the pawnbroker and demands Ruth back. If Shapinsky refuses to turn the girl over, he insists on being paid $10,000. Ruth overhears the proposition and informs the police. The Solitary Kid is arrested. Ruth goes on to marry Larry Donovan, an Irish youth who was her childhood sweetheart. Written by AFI See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Viola Dana Ruth Ruth See fewer	Two Sisters (1929)
Ralph Lewis Ben Shapinsky Ben Shapinsky See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Otto Hoffman The Solitary Kid The Solitary Kid See fewer	Abraham Lincoln (1930)
John Harron Larry Donovan Larry Donovan See fewer	White Zombie (1932)
Tom McGuire Mr. Donovan Mr. Donovan See fewer	Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Arthur Rankin Bernie Riskin Bernie Riskin See fewer	To Have and to Hold (1922)
Peggy Prevost Esther Block (as Marjorie Maurice) Esther Block (as Marjorie Maurice) See fewer	Lend Me Your Name (1918)
Ernest Pasque Isadore Isadore See fewer	A Man's Man (1917)
Charles Meakin Father Sarrell (uncredited) Father Sarrell (uncredited) See fewer	Upstage (1926)