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The Foundling is a american film directed by Allan Dwan released in USA on 1 august 1915 with Mary Pickford

The Foundling (1915)

The Foundling
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Released in USA 1 august 1915
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OriginUSA
Rating58% 2.907572.907572.907572.907572.90757

The Foundling is a 1915 silent film directed by Alan Dwan. The film premiered in 1915, was lost in a fire accident short after, and is now a lost film. It was remade as The Foundling in 1916 with the same principal cast, but with a different director, John B. O'Brien, at the helm.



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Synopsis

Molly O (Mary Pickford) is a poor little girl whose mother died in childbirth and whose father David King (Edward Martindel) rejects her. When David departs to Italy to paint his late wife as the Madonna, Molly O is left behind in a cruel orphanage. She is beloved by the other pupils, but becomes enemies with the matron's niece Jennie (Mildred Morris). As a result, she is shipped off to live with a boardinghouse proprietress (Maggie Weston). She is treated more like a slave than as an adopted daughter and decides to run away.

Actors

Mary Pickford

(Molly O)Donald Crisp
Edward Martindel

(David King (as Edward Martindale))Marcia Harris

(Julia Ember)Tammany Young

(Crook)Edythe Chapman
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