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The Beggar Maid

  • 19211921
  • 25m
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6.2/10
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Mary Astor and Reginald Denny in The Beggar Maid (1921)
  • Drama
  • Short
The painter Burne-Jones and his famed painting "The Beggar Maid" are depicted in this speculative drama about the creation of the painting. Burne-Jones plays matchmaker for a young British n... Read allThe painter Burne-Jones and his famed painting "The Beggar Maid" are depicted in this speculative drama about the creation of the painting. Burne-Jones plays matchmaker for a young British nobleman who has fallen in love with a servant girl on his estate. The artist shows that lo... Read allThe painter Burne-Jones and his famed painting "The Beggar Maid" are depicted in this speculative drama about the creation of the painting. Burne-Jones plays matchmaker for a young British nobleman who has fallen in love with a servant girl on his estate. The artist shows that love can thrive between members of different classes by depicting on canvas a picture from T... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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  • Director
    • Herbert Blaché
  • Writer
    • Reginald Denny
  • Stars
    • Reginald Denny
    • Mary Astor
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  • Director
    • Herbert Blaché
  • Writer
    • Reginald Denny
  • Stars
    • Reginald Denny
    • Mary Astor
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    • The Earl of Winstonas The Earl of Winston…
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    • Director
      • Herbert Blaché
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      • Reginald Denny
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      A video copy of this film survives in the Library of Congress.

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    5/10
    Beautiful but still
    This silent movie, its story constructed around the famous Sir Edward Cole Burne-Jones painting, which in turn was based on the Tennyson poem, is a fair, if pedestrian romantic story about a rich lord (played by Reginald Denny) who loves a poor tenant (played by a Mary Astor so young she hasn't quite lost all her baby fat), who are brought together by the artist painting the picture. The compositions of the individual shots are beautiful -- parts of it were shot on Louis Comfort Tiffany's country home -- but the piece is very static. I can only conclude that Herbert Blache's technique was not up to anything more and this increasingly out-of-date technique would, eventually, result in the end of his career by the end of the decade.
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    • Release date
      • September 25, 1921 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Tilford Studio - 165 West 31st Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Triart Picture Company
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    • Runtime
      25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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