Lena and the geese. Motion picture screenshot

An aristocratic woman is forced to give up her newborn daughter to be raised by Gretchen, a peasant woman. The girl grows up with Lena, the peasant's real daughter, who tends a flock of geese. On her deathbed, the aristocratic mother decides her daughter should be reinstated into the royal household, and sends for her, but Gretchen substitutes Lena instead. Without success, the young goose girl is instructed in protocol and proper behavior. Soon Lena has had enough, and runs home to her mother, her geese, and her country suitor. Gretchen confesses, the rightful heir assumes her position, and Lena, the goose girl, happily returns to her old life.
J170619 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Biograph Co.; 25June1912; J170619.
Mary Pickford, J. Jiquel Lañoe, Kate Bruce, Mae Marsh, Edwin August, Clare McDowell, W. Chrystie Miller, Charles Hill Mailes, Harry Hyde, Frank Opperman, William Carroll, Grace Henderson, Alfred Paget, W. Christy Cabanne, W.C. Robinson, Charles H. West.
Camera, G.W. Bitzer.
Photographed around April, 1912, in or near Los Angeles, California.
Summary derived from The Griffith project, v. 6, p. 412.
Paper print shelf number (LC 2560) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 181; The Griffith project, v. 6, p. 69, program sequence no. 412; Biograph bulletins, 1908-1912, p. 413; Christel Schmidt's The Search for a Film Legacy: Mary Pickford (1909-1933) WWW site, viewed June 26, 201; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed June 26, 2015.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.