The Helping Hand (1908)
- Original title
- Pour les p'tiots
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- France
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A poor father and his two children beg for food in a marketplace. A charitable woman steps in to help them and eventually adopts the children. The father finds work from witnesses to the scene.
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