The Adopted Child - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

This two-reel subject deals with the life history of a little girl named Marion, who is adopted by some kind-hearted ragpickers when her mother dies in squalid poverty. Marion's father is in America trying to make a fortune. The years roll...See moreThis two-reel subject deals with the life history of a little girl named Marion, who is adopted by some kind-hearted ragpickers when her mother dies in squalid poverty. Marion's father is in America trying to make a fortune. The years roll around and Marion grows to beautiful womanhood, when Dr. Verdier falls in love with her. One day Dr. Verdier is called in to treat a lady named Mrs. Dartes; she is the second wife of Marion's father, though, of course, Dr. Verdier does not know that Mr. Dartes is Marion's father. The doctor and Dartes finally get into an altercation and have a duel by the light of a lantern held by a ragpicker named Smiley. In the feeble rays of his lantern, Smiley recognizes the resemblance between Mr. Dartes and the photograph Marion has of her lost father. This eventually brings about the reunion of father and daughter, but the stepmother, who in the meantime has fallen in love with Verdier, much to the latter's discomfort, causes untold trouble and misery to the poor girl, who now has so much happiness due her. The story ends happily, however, in a whirlwind of excitement. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less