The read
It runs a compact 50m.
Synopsis
When her drunken father dies from falling downstairs on the night of her engagement announcement, Helen Winthrop finds a note from him warning that drinking has ruined the family's past four generations. She breaks her engagement to lawyer Robert Craig so that she can test herself as she fears that her children might inherit the habit. After sacrificing her reputation to save that of her adulterous married friend Stella Scarr, Helen goes to a resort hotel where she wins a tennis tournament and flirts with Percy Farwell, the son of social climber Mrs. Honorah Farwell. In order to break up her son's romance with a supposedly disgraced woman, Mrs. Farwell hires Robert Craig.
Ratings
TMDB9/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- J.A. BarryDirector
Cast
- Pauline FrederickHelen Winthrop
- Milton SillsRobert Craig
- Lydia Yeamans TitusMrs. Honorah Farwell
- Walter HiersPercy Farwell
- Emmett KingHarrison Winthrop
- Harry NorthrupSidney Scarr
- Peaches JacksonChild (uncredited)
- Ernest PasqueBruce Terhune
- Beverly TraversStella Scarr
Themes
lost film