Who Are My Parents?

Who Are My Parents? (also known as A Little Child Shall Lead Them) is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by J. Searle Dawley and starring L. Rogers Lytton, Peggy Shaw, Florence Billings, Ernest Hilliard, and Robert Agnew. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on November 26, 1922.^[1][2][3]

Who Are My Parents?
Still of the scene in Who Are My Parents? with L. Rogers Lytton and Peggy Shaw
Directed by	J. Searle Dawley
Written by	Paul Sloane
Story by	Julien Josephson
Starring	L. Rogers Lytton Peggy Shaw Florence Billings Ernest Hilliard Robert Agnew
Cinematography	Joseph Ruttenberg
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	November 26, 1922 (1922-11-26)
Running time	9 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film (English intertitles)

Plot

Cast

• L. Rogers Lytton as Colonel Lewis (as Roger Lytton)
• Peggy Shaw as Betty Lewis
• Florence Billings as Barbara Draper
• Ernest Hilliard as Frank Draper
• Robert Agnew as Bob Hale
• Adelaide Prince as Mrs. Tyler
• Niles Welch as Ken (her son)
• Marie Reichardt as Hannah
• Florence Haas as Orphan
• Jimmie Lapsley as Orphan
• Leonard Rosenfeld as Lazy Bill

Preservation

In February of 2021, Who Are My Parents? was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list and is therefore presumed lost.^[4][5]

See also

• List of lost films
• 1937 Fox vault fire

References

1. "Who Are My Parents?". afi.com. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
2. "Who Are My Parents?". BFI. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
3. "Who Are My Parents?". TCM.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
4. "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
5. American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Who Are My Parents?

External links

• Who Are My Parents? at IMDb