Inspiration
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
George Foster Platt
Audrey Munson
Thomas A. Curran
George Marlo
Bert Delaney
Carey L. Hastings
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Because he is unable to locate a suitable model, a famous artist abandons a statuary group that was intended to grace a fountain. His friends find a young and inexperienced country girl who is looking for work and bring her before the artist. Immediately he finds in her the model he has always sought, and soon other artists are clamoring to hire her. Although she has fallen in love with the artist, he seems interested only in his work, and when he flirts with a society woman, the model, disconsolate, vanishes. Finally the artist realizes his love for the model, and after a lengthy search, he finds her ill and hungry at the base of one of his sculptures. The artist pledges his love, and the two are married.
Director
George Foster Platt
Cast
Audrey Munson
Thomas A. Curran
George Marlo
Bert Delaney
Carey L. Hastings
Ethyle Cooke
Louise Emerald Bates
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Generally cited as the first non-pornographic American film to feature nudity.
Notes
The film was re-released in 1918 under the title The Perfect Model. Audrey Munson was a well-known artist's model. Her nude posing in this film was at first controversial but was finally judged artistic and "educational."
