The High-Born Child and the Beggar (1913)

Director: Edmund Lawrence

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.

Cast

Adelaide Lawrence

A Poor Little Beggar Maid

George Stewart

The Little Crippled Rich Boy

Stephen Purdee

The Boy's Father

Ethel Phillips

The Boy's Mother