The read
It runs a compact 1h 13m.
Synopsis
Belle Bennett plays as the widowed mother of seven children living in Sioux City, Iowa. She moves with them to Cambridge, Massachusetts in order to educate her children with culture and give them every advantage. Bennett, who is unversed in financial matters, soon faces poverty for herself and her children. She takes out a loan from an unscrupulous lender (played by Richard Tucker), who is so impressed by the charm and valiant spirit of Bennett than he neglects to ask her for collateral. Bennett, however, is only able to partially pay her creditors. Marion Nixon, Bennett's eldest daughter, is shocked by her mother's actions and attempts to sacrifice herself to Tucker in order to clear her mother's obligations, even though she is engaged to marry a well to do Harvard undergraduate, played by Rex Bell. This film is believed lost.
Ratings
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Archie MayoDirector
- Walter AnthonyScreenplay
Cast
- Belle BennettMary Colbrook
- Marian NixonMuriel Colbrook
- Rex BellLynn Willard
- Richard TuckerJames Rudlin
- Blanche FridericiAunt Caroline
- Charlotte HenryGwendolyn Colbrook
- Dorothy WardGladys Colbrook