

A rich artist has never completed a master painting because he could not find a model for the face, sees the wife of a man in hard luck begging on the street so she can buy milk for her baby, and the artist secures just what he desired.

Amelita Galli-Curci
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Lead
Holbrook Blinn
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Jeanne Eagels
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Helen MacKellar
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Ethel Intropidi
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Luis Alberni
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Victor Sutherland
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Johnnie Morris
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George Terwilliger's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. The Madonna of the Slums is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”