Novice businessman Curtis Jadwin is introduced to the world of grain speculation by veteran broker Charles Cressler. At a performance of Faust, Curtis meets and falls in love with Laura Dearborn, the sweetheart of artist Sheldon Corthell. Curtis pursues Laura and finally convinces her to marry him, but soon after their wedding, he neglects her for his business. In her loneliness, Laura renews her relationship with Sheldon and the lovers plan to elope. When Curtis is ruined on the market, however, Laura rejects her lover and comforts her husband.
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Wilton Lackaye
Jadwin
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Chester Barnett
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Milton Sills
Corthell
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Alec B. Francis
Cressler
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Julia Stuart
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J. Gunnis Davis
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Hattie Delaro
Mrs. Cressler
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George Ingleton
Jadwin's butler
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Gail Kane
Laura
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Jessie Lewis
Page
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W.A. Orlemond
Cressler's clerk
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Edward Roseman
Crookes
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Maurice Tourneur Director · Frank Norris Author
United States release December 28, 1914 · Produced in United States
Production
William A. Brady Picture Plays
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United States
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English
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No dialogue
Release dates
United States · December 28, 1914
Theatrical
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