The Girl from Prosperity (1914)
Jim is engaged to Elizabeth Emery. While out sleighing, Jim sees the New York train going by, and tells the girl he should like to be going there. The next evening, in a "little game," Jim holds the highest hand in poker and "cleans up." He tells Elizabeth he is going to visit the big city. She is reluctant at first, but finally gives in. In New York, Jim tries to get fresh with Bessie Williams, a manicurist, but is promptly squelched. Becoming lonely and homesick he confides his troubles to Bessie, showing her a picture of the girl from the town of Prosperity. She begins to like the boy. He gets in with a fast crowd and speculates in a bucket shop, where he makes a fortune. Carried away by his success, despite Bessie's advice to quit, he plunges and loses all. Down and out and spurned by his "friends," he is on the verge of suicide when he meets Bessie, who persuades him to go back to Prosperity, but he is too proud, so she writes to Elizabeth and tells her Jim is ill. This brings Elizabeth and her married sister to New York. Bessie tells them, "Jimmy is a good boy, but an awful fool.'' Elizabeth is angry at the girl at first, then indignant at Jim as she learns of his adventures and downfall. But Bessie induces her to see him before judging too harshly. Bessie brings Jim to the hotel and pushes him into the room where Elizabeth awaits. Realizing from his care-worn face he has learned his lesson, she forgets about the scolding she was to give him, and seals her forgiveness with a kiss. Bessie, behind the curtain, watches the reconciliation she has brought about and goes back to her work light-hearted.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Ralph Ince | Director |
| George Randolph Chester | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Anita Stewart | |
| Billy Quirk | |
| E.K. Lincoln | |
| Mary Maurice |
