As a Boy Dreams
About As a Boy Dreams
Jack Howard reads yellow-backed sea stories against his father's orders and falls asleep. In the dream sailors shanghai him. He overhears a mutiny aimed at a treasure island, takes the chart, and shows it to the captain with the help of the captain's daughter. The mutineers attack. He and the girl escape in a boat dressed as a boy. Pirates capture them, learn she is a girl, and spare the pair when he shows the chart. On the island they dig up the treasure and a second gang of pirates attacks.
Cast & crew
More about As a Boy Dreams
A 1911 IMP short. The catalog credits Thomas H. Ince and lists Jack Pickford and Mary Pickford. Wikidata lists Mary Pickford and Lottie Pickford and does not name a director. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The adventure is a dream after a nap over a thriller.
- The girl leaves the ship dressed as a boy.
- The chart is what buys them time with the pirates.
- The catalog and Wikidata do not agree on the cast.
Scenes
- Sailors shanghai him off the dock in the dream.
- A second pirate gang hits the treasure dig.
