The story
“John Boyd, a penniless young artist, paints a picture of Hunger, inspired by an old blind man and his beautiful granddaughter. Boyd’s fiancée, Ethel Stewart, is jealous of the girl model; and George Randolph, a rival artist, covets the canvas which he realizes is sure to make a sensation at the forthcoming exhibition. Ethel, on Boyd’s refusing to dismiss Mayre, breaks her engagement to him and accepts Randolph’s attentions. When Boyd falls ill and has to be taken to a hospital, Randolph seizes the opportunity to help himself to Hunger and exhibits it as his own work. The real artist learns of the deception, but his protestations are thought to be merely the ravings of a delirious brain. Only when the blind man and his granddaughter hear of the controversy and testify against Randolph are the critics convinced of Boyd’s claim. He is awarded a large sum of money, and not long after he marries Mayre.”
Summary from Reel Life · 28 November 1914
