Joseph Depew

A charming pastoral about two unwanted children finding acceptance and love, Timothys Quest (1922) is a rare, cinematic gem based on a novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), who was then known as Americas best loved author of stories about children.

Young Angus Burke accidently shoots the sheriff, who is leading a posse to get the boy's father, a thief. Angus' mother dies, and he is taken to trial alone. Found not guilty, he is given a job with the local newspaper office. He leaves when several citizens object to his presence, only to return several years later. He takes over the newspaper and saves the townspeople from a gang of crooks.

A man is employed to tutor the children of an aristocratic family and has an affair with the lady of the house.