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The High-Born Child and the Beggar

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The High-Born Child and the Beggar

5.0

0h 10m

1913

Synopsis

A short melodrama about the friendship between a rich boy (in a wheelchair) and a poor street girl. When he falls seriously ill, she is not allowed to visit him. After his death, she also dies, on the street. In her hand she holds a flower, which was the last gift that the boy gave to her.

Director

Edmund Lawrence

Drama

disability

Cast & Crew

Adelaide Lawrence

as A Poor Little Beggar Maid

George Stewart

George Stewart

as The Little Crippled Rich Boy

Stephen Purdee

as The Boy's Father

Ethel Phillips

Ethel Phillips

as The Boy's Mother

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