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The Beggar Maid (1921)

The Beggar Maid poster
Directed by
Herbert Blaché
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
25 min
Rated
NR
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A king falls in love with a poor woman. The story is based on a poem and a painting from the 1800s.

romanticpoeticslow-burnmelancholicold-fashionedwhimsicalquietvisually lush

What happens

The Beggar Maid is a 1921 American silent drama film based on the 1842 Tennyson poem of "The King and the Beggar-maid" and the 1884 painting of the scene by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. The feature was directed by Herbert Blaché and stars Reginald Denny and Mary Astor. A print of this film exists. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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