Marianna Filming Locations

Pietro Roma, maker of plaster figures, is struggling for existence in one room in a tenement with his blind wife and their granddaughter Marianna, who markets her grandfather's products in a pushcart. The tenement owner, John Callahan, has long had his eye on Marianna, who resists his advances. One day she's arrested for peddling without a license at the same time Callahan's sister and a party of her friends are arrested for speeding; the two factions are arraigned before the same judge. The wealthy crowd is let off with a fine of $2, but Marianna is given the full penalty: $10 or 10 days. Callahan sees his opportunity. He approaches Marianna, plays upon her frightened mind, and succeeds in gaining from her a lukewarm promise to place herself under his protection. Callahan pays her fine, then takes her to his apartments. In the interim, old Pietro, who hates his landlord, is informed that Marianna has left the court in company with Callahan, and he starts out to rescue her. At the Callahan apartments Marianna sees the picture of an elderly woman, beneath which is a small shrine. She questions Callahan as to the identity of the woman, and is informed that she is Callahan's mother. Marianna pays homage to the elderly woman's picture, then, seeing the shrine, kneels before it and tells her beads. Old Pietro is about to knife Callahan when the latter points to the kneeling Marianna. Pietro softens, takes Marianna home, where she is met by young Tony Libria, who is old Pietro's choice for her husband. Pietro assures Tony of the virtue of Marianna, and the story ends with the two young lovers receiving the blessing of old Pietro.