The Foundling
Cast & Crew
John D. O'brien
Mary Pickford
Edward Martindale
Maggie Weston
Mildred Morris
Marcia Harris
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After his beloved wife dies in childbirth, David King scorns his newborn daughter and leaves for Italy to pursue his artistic career. While King becomes a prominent painter, his child, called Molly O, grows up in an orphanage, unaware of her father's identity. When fame and fortune fail to bring him happiness, King fills with remorse and yearns for his forgotten daughter. Upon his return to New York, he inquires after Molly O at the orphanage, but is tricked into taking the director's illegitimate niece instead. Molly O now resides with Mrs. Grimes, a cruel boardinghouse mistress, who treats her more as a servant than a daughter. When Molly O tries to save her brood of puppies from the dog catcher, she meets King in the street, and he, taken with her charm, brings her to his home to live. Following a series of incidents involving the impostor daughter and her thieving mother, King discovers Molly O's real identity and happily reunites with her.
Director
John D. O'brien
Cast
Mary Pickford
Edward Martindale
Maggie Weston
Mildred Morris
Marcia Harris
Tammany Young
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
According to pre-release articles, this film was scheduled to open on September 6, 1915 with a supporting cast that included Frank Mills, Harry Ham, Gerturde Norman, Donald Crisp and Edith Chapman, but it actually opened four months later with completely different supporting players and a somewhat altered plot. According to modern sources, H. J. Siddons was the cameraman on this production. This film was also advertised under the title Miss Jenny. This was the only film copyrighted by the Famous Players-Mary Pickford Co., which was incorporated in January 1915. It was rumored in Moving Picture World that the company May have been formed to distribute Mary Pickford's films as a distinct series of releases.
