It was remade as The Foundling in 1916 with the same principal cast, but with a different director, John B. O'Brien, at the helm.

[1][2] Molly O (Mary Pickford) is a poor little girl whose mother died in childbirth and whose father David King (Edward Martindel) rejects her.

When David departs to Italy to paint his late wife as the Madonna, Molly O is left behind in a cruel orphanage.

She is beloved by the other pupils, but becomes enemies with the matron's niece Jennie (Mildred Morris).

As a result, she is shipped off to live with a boardinghouse proprietress (Maggie Weston).