- Rich artist David King sends his infant daughter Molly to an orphanage, then years later regrets it and tries to find her. She's sent to slave at a boarding house,and the mistress of the orphanage passes her niece off as Molly.
- After his beloved wife dies in childbirth, David King scorns his newborn daughter and leaves for Italy to pursue his artistic career. While King becomes a prominent painter, his child, called Molly O, grows up in an orphanage, unaware of her father's identity. When fame and fortune fail to bring him happiness, King fills with remorse and yearns for his forgotten daughter. Upon his return to New York, he inquires after Molly O at the orphanage, but is tricked into taking the director's illegitimate niece instead. Molly O now resides with Mrs. Grimes, a cruel boarding house mistress, who treats her more as a servant than a daughter. When Molly O tries to save her brood of puppies from the dog catcher, she meets King in the street, and he, taken with her charm, brings her to his home to live. Following a series of incidents involving the impostor daughter and her thieving mother, King discovers Molly O's real identity and happily reunites with her.—Pamela Short
- As "The Foundling," Miss Pickford is represented as a child spurned by her father, an impoverished artist, because its birth has cost the life of its mother, dearly beloved by the artist. Unable to tolerate the sight of the babe that had caused his wife's death, he gives it to a stranger, who, in turn, transposes it to an orphanage. In the sorrow of his wife's death, the artist finds the touch of genius for which he had longed, and through its employment in his work becomes a recognized leader of his profession. In the meantime, Molly O, as his daughter is named at the orphanage, is adopted by a sycophantic woman, who pretends to be seeking a daughter, but who in reality wants a servant in her boarding house, and Molly O becomes a drudge and a slave. In the years that follow, King begins to realize the shallowness of fame and fortune without love, and regrets his impulsive act in sending away his baby daughter. He returns to America from Italy, where he has been working on his masterpiece, the Madonna, to seek his daughter. Through a series of dramatic vicissitudes, Molly O's path crosses that of her father, and through the instrumentality of fate, she is restored to his waiting arms.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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