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A Baby's Shoe

A Baby's Shoe

1909Short⏱️ 11m
ShortDrama
4.9
IMDB Rating
78 votes

The story tells of the young widowed mother of two children who is forced by extreme poverty to part with one of her children, a baby girl, by placing it in a basket on the door steps of a wealthy banker. Before leaving the baby t...

Director
D.W. Griffith
Writers
N/A
Stars
Florence Lawrence, Owen Moore, Linda Arvidson
Release Date
May 13, 1909
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Florence Lawrence
Florence Lawrence
as The Poor Mother
Owen Moore
Owen Moore
as The Son
Linda Arvidson
Linda Arvidson
as The Daughter
George Nichols
George Nichols
as The Priest
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Anita Hendrie
as The Adoptive Mother
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Harry Solter
as The Adoptive Father
Arthur V. Johnson
Arthur V. Johnson
as The Doctor
David Miles
David Miles
as The Second Priest
Clara T. Bracy
Clara T. Bracy
Kate Bruce
Kate Bruce

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Production
American Mutoscope & Biograph

🎯 Categories

DramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

Programmatic Summary
by Single-Black-Male2004-02-23

"The 34 year old D.W. Griffith causes tension in his viewers in this short film by swaying them to oppose his parochial views that are expressed through his characters. The story serves his agenda, omitting diversity and rewriting history...."

💡 Did You Know?

A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection.

📖 Synopsis

The story tells of the young widowed mother of two children who is forced by extreme poverty to part with one of her children, a baby girl, by placing it in a basket on the door steps of a wealthy banker. Before leaving the baby t...