The Face of the Madonna (1915)
Married to Tige, a gangster, Jane is widowed on her wedding day. She subsequently becomes an accomplice of her husband's father, who is a burglar. In the fashionable part of the city, the dissipation of Wallace, an artist, causes his wife to leave him. The artist refuses to allow her to take their child, but places it in an institution. Wallace is commissioned to paint a Madonna for the new cathedral. For a long time his searches in vain for a suitable model. Jane, pursued by a policeman who had seen her in the act of snatching a handbag, takes refuge in the grounds of the institution where Wallace has placed his baby. The infant's nurse places the child down for a few minutes. To throw her pursuers off the track. Jane picks the baby up and pretends to be its nurse. Wallace comes to see his child. He discovers it in Jane's arms. In the girl the man finds the very type he has been looking for. Wallace learns of Jane's ruse. By threatening to turn her over to the police, he induces the woman to pose for him. As the painting develops, Wallace discovers that he is inspired. The marvelous picture has a curious effect the baseness of the lives they had been leading. Wallace finds that he loves Jane. She, however, has learned of the misery he has caused his wife. Her better nature aroused by the painting, Jane induces Wallace to seek Edna out. The model goes to the institution which houses the artist's baby and succeeds in securing a position as nurse. Wallace finds his wife, but too late. The woman dies just before he reaches her side. Remorse-stricken, he vows to devote all his time to his child. Wallace hastens to the institution for his baby. He finds her in Jane's arms.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Kenean Buel | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Alice Joyce | |
| Guy Coombs | |
| Helen Lindroth | |
| Robert Walker |
