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The Satyr and the Lady

The Satyr and the Lady (USA)



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Release:
1911 October, 20
Country:
USA
Genre:
Drama / Romance / Short
Production Company:



A young artist, working on a painting he called "The Satyr and the Lady," was pleased with his woman model, but found that the lay figure Satyr did not meet with requirements. So he took a trip through New York's crowded East Side, where he knew he could find a model suited to the character of his work. After a short trip through the congested market places of the Ghetto, the artist saw, in the person of a shoestring vendor, the very model he wanted. The Peddler was glad to pose, because, when told how much he would get, found that "sitting still" was a much more remunerative occupation than hustling around with shoelaces. As he sat, day after day, at the feet of the beautiful woman, the peddler was impressed with her loveliness, and to him she became the embodiment of all that is good and noble. As a matter of fact, the model is of the ordinary kind, pleasure-loving, good natured, charitable and without any particularly high standards. She is very kind to the "Satyr," although he is repulsive and ugly. When the picture is completed, she gives him a rose, which he highly treasures and dreams over. Sometime after, the Satyr is on his deathbed. Realizing that his only child, a little girl, will be left without anyone to care for her, he pens a note to the "beautiful lady," telling her of his condition, and asking her to take care of his daughter. He sends his little girl with the note to the artist, with a request that he forward it to the model, for the Satyr does not know where "the lady" lives. The artist comes with the note when the apartments of the model ring with the hilarity and abandon of her friends. She reads the pitiful message and is moved. She leaves the guests, among whom the artist has remained, and goes to the shabby East Side tenement, but arrives too late. The Satyr is dead and his child is left alone in the world. "The model takes the child to her home. She finds her friends still dancing and enjoying themselves, so she puts them out with little ceremony, for all her thoughts are now for the child. After her guests have departed, she tucks the little one in bed, and vows, for the child's sake, to lead a new and better life. The artist, who has long admired the model, hides behind a curtain, and the new beautiful, womanly qualities she shows while caring for the child, completely win his heart. They are married, give up their so-called Bohemian life, and become useful, active members of society. - IMDb

The Satyr and the Lady USA

Children's Cast:

Marie Eline [9] The Peddler's Daughter

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