The High-Born Child and the Beggar (1913)

The High-Born Child and the Beggar

1913

Drama

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.

Credits

Director

Edmund Lawrence

Cast

Adelaide Lawrence as A Poor Little Beggar Maid

Ethel Phillips as The Boy's Mother

George Stewart as The Little Crippled Rich Boy

Stephen Purdee as The Boy's Father