The Helping Hand
5.6
In desperation at her mother's illness and their need of money, a young girl determines to go into the underworld in quest of relief, but a woman of the world, touched by her innocence, stops her in time, rebukes the villainous libertine who is about to claim her, and leads the girl back to her home. The act of virtue is rewarded, and the girl obtains work and is about to wed an honorable young man, when the villain learns the fact and stops the wedding with a false accusation. But the worldly woman again comes to the rescue and with a revolver forces the extortionist to retract.
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Cast
17 people
Flora Finch
Mrs. Harcourt
Known for
Those Awful Hats
The Cat and the Canary
Linda Arvidson
Daisy Harcourt
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
Those Awful Hats
George Gebhardt
The Man with the Letter / Wedding Guest
Known for
Those Awful Hats
Anita Hendrie
Jessie Marshall
Known for
Those Awful Hats
The Lonely Villa
E.T. Moore
David Miles
Known for
The Lonely Villa
Charles Inslee
Known for
Work
A Woman
Florence Lawrence
Wedding Guest
Known for
Those Awful Hats
The Lonely Villa
Mack Sennett
Wedding Guest
Known for
Those Awful Hats
The Lonely Villa
Charles Avery
Man at Brothel
Known for
The Lonely Villa
Robert Harron
Messenger
Known for
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Birth of a Nation
Arthur V. Johnson
Mr. Miller
Known for
Those Awful Hats
A Corner in Wheat
D.W. Griffith Director · Arthur Marvin Cinematographer
United States release December 29, 1908 · Produced in United States · Production American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Production
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · December 29, 1908
Theatrical
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