Rich artist David King sends his infant daughter Molly to an orphanage, then years later regrets it and tries to find her. She's sent to slave at a boarding house, and the mistress of the orphanage passes her niece off as Molly.
Frances Marion
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The year 1916 remains a watershed epoch in the maturation of the cinematic medium, a period when the primitive visual grammar of the nickelodeon era began to coalesce into the sophisticated narrative structures we recognize today. At the vanguard of this evolution stood Mary Pickford, an actress whose luminosity was ...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
John B. O'Brien
John B. O'Brien
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" The year 1916 remains a watershed epoch in the maturation of the cinematic medium, a period when the primitive visual grammar of the nickelodeon era began to coalesce into the sophisticated narrative structures we recognize today. At the vanguard of this evolution stood Mary Pickford, an actress whose luminosity was matched only by her burgeoning prowess as a producer and creative force. In The Foundling, we witness a confluence of talent that defines the silent era's emotional zenith. Directe..."
