A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is also ashamed of being a cripple, so he switches his superior violin with that of another apprentice, Sandro, whom Giannina loves.

Herbert Prior
as Taddeo Ferrari

Mary Pickford
as Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter

Owen Moore
as Sandro

David Miles
as Filippo, the Cripple

Harry Solter
as The Judge

Marion Leonard
as The Judge's Companion

Charles Avery
as Worker / In Crowd

Clara T. Bracy
as

Arthur V. Johnson
as In Crowd

Violet Mersereau
as In Crowd
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Mary Pickford is the young "Giannina" who has a habit of lobbing flowers at her admirers. In this short film, two such lovestruck violin makers compete to win a gold chain - and her hand in marriage. What ensues is quite a fun exchange as the men try to trick each other for their prize, but the tell...