Boys to Board

The story is set at an odd sort of orphanage. First, there are only about half a dozen kids residing there. Second, 'Mother' Malone runs the place....and she's a monster who takes pleasure in beating the snot out of the kids, staff and even her husband, 'Pop' Malone! It's so bad that eventually the kids work together to escape from this horrible place...and they even take Pop with them! What's next? See the film and find out for yourself.

While the violence was pretty unsavory and not fun to wach, fortunately the short didn't go too far in portraying Mother's violence. Plus, the ending was fun, as you see Pop finally lose it and teach Mother a lesson. Not a great installment but still quite good.

By the way, originally like nearly all silent films, this one came with no music and it was provided by the theaters (usually with an organ or piano). However, many silents later had musical scores added. Oddly, the copy I watched on YouTube kept losing the musical accompaniment...and it just kept coming and going throughout the short film.