This is a 1914 uncomplicated version of the famous tale. The stage production is quite simple, the plot develops with seveal abrupt changes, and other characters could have been better displayed, yet one more time Mary Pickford both entertains and interests us with her art. It is not one of her best pictures, nor one of her best known ones, but it has the simple charm of a children´s tale.
A curiosity about this picture is that Owen Moore, her first husband, plays Prince Charming. They eloped to be married in 1911 and would divorce in 1920; the same month of their divorce, Mary married Douglas Fairbanks.
A curiosity about this picture is that Owen Moore, her first husband, plays Prince Charming. They eloped to be married in 1911 and would divorce in 1920; the same month of their divorce, Mary married Douglas Fairbanks.