The Madonna of the Slums
NR 1919 · 20 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama
A rich artist has never completed a master painting because he could not find a model for the face, sees the wife of a man in hard luck begging on the street so she can buy milk for her baby, and the artist secures just what he desired.
Directed by George Terwilliger · Written by Jessie Bonstelle
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