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The Marble Heart

1913 · 27 min Drama
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

Outside the door of the home of a sculptor and his mother, fell a poor, friendless young girl. They took the girl in and cared for her, and as time went on the mother began to regard her as her daughter. The son regarded the affectionate advances of the girl with only brotherly love. But there came a time when the misgivings of the son changed, for he began to pay scant attentions to a young beauty he met at a reception and who was characterized as a woman with a heart "cold as marble." This piqued the beauty, who was accustomed to abject adulation. She determined to bring him to her feet and in this she succeeded. She offered to pose for him, and, spurred on by such a splendid model and her praises, he produced a figure which was acclaimed by all the critics as a masterpiece.

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Year 1913
Country United States of America
Genre Drama
Director Charles Selby
Runtime 27 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film constructs a classic love triangle, relying on the contrast between warm, domestic affection and a cold, consuming passion for an unattainable ideal. It explores the theme of artistic inspiration born at the intersection of temptation and obsession.

What lingers after viewing is a meditation on moral compromise, where personal happiness is sacrificed for the sake of art and fleeting desire. The film leaves one pondering the true cost of a masterpiece. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Charles Selby

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