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A Baby’s Shoe
UNITED STATES · 1909
A Baby’s Shoe
Synopsis
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.
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United States · Classical Hollywood
Films with Similar Themes
poverty · maternal sacrifice · child abandonment · class divide · separation and loss
