Outside the door of the home of a sculptor and his mother, fell a poor, friendless young girl. They took the girl in and cared for her, and as time went on the mother began to regard her as her daughter. The son regarded the affectionate advances of the girl with only brotherly love. But there came a time when the misgivings of the son changed, for he began to pay scant attentions to a young beauty he met at a reception and who was characterized as a woman with a heart "cold as marble." This piqued the beauty, who was accustomed to abject adulation. She determined to bring him to her feet and in this she succeeded. She offered to pose for him, and, spurred on by such a splendid model and her praises, he produced a figure which was acclaimed by all the critics as a masterpiece.
Acting
Florence La Badie's icy charisma dominates every frame
Production
Actual sculpting scenes, remarkably staged for 1913
Director
Charles Selby
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Florence La Badie was one of Thanhouser's biggest stars; she died tragically just four years later from injuries in a car accident.
This embodies the 'Pygmalion' obsession of early cinema — artists falling for their creations, with women punished for being too cold or too warm.
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