A Baby's Shoe

The story tells of the young widowed mother of two children who is forced by extreme poverty to part with one of her children, a baby girl, by placing it in a basket on the door steps of a wealthy banker. Before leaving the baby the poor mother takes one of its little shoes to keep as a memento.

Florence Lawrence

The Poor Mother

Owen Moore

The Son

Linda Arvidson

The Daughter

George Nichols

The Priest

• D.W. GriffithDirector · Writer

Release date

May 13, 1909

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

11m

Genres

Drama