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The Fairy and the Waif (1915)

The Fairy and the Waif poster
Directed by
Marie Hubert Frohman, George Irving
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young girl faces hardship until a kind stranger enters her life. The story follows her journey from loneliness to a newfound sense of belonging.

early cinemasilentdramaticinnocentgentlesentimentalchild-centeredsimple

What happens

The Fairy and the Waif is a 1915 silent drama film directed by Marie Hubert Frohman and George Irving. This was the first feature-length film of actress Mary Miles Minter, who was twelve years old by the time of the release, although she had previously appeared in the 1912 short The Nurse under the name Juliet Shelby. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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