Secret of the Bulb (1914)
Disapproving of her son's affections for nurse Miss Martin, Mrs. Richards loses no opportunity to tell her son Jack what she thinks of it. Miss Martin receives a letter from her brother asking for money to get him out of a scrape. She puts the letter in a book she is reading. Not long afterwards, Mrs. Richards misses a ring which her little daughter Nellie has mischievously taken and lost. The ring accidentally slips from her finger while she is digging her hand in the dirt of a flowerpot. While looking for the ring, Mrs. Richards knocks the book Miss Martin was reading off the table and finds the letter from the nurse's brother. She now puts two and two together and comes to the conclusion that Miss Martin took the ring to raise funds for her brother. She calls the girl and dismisses her on the spot without giving her a chance to defend herself. Miss Martin goes back to nursing at the big hospital. Later, when the bulb which was placed in the flowerpot in which little Nellie was digging, sends out its shoots, it carries the hidden ring to the surface and when Mrs. Richards goes through the conservatory on a tour of inspection she discovers it. Nellie happens to run by at the time, and her guilty look proves she is responsible for the ring in the pot. Mrs. Richards is very sorry for what she did, and she tells Jack. He upbraids her for her injustice and tells her he will not speak to her again until Miss Martin has been found and exonerated. He goes to a detective agency to start a search for the girl and while there is wounded by the accidental discharge of a revolver. He is taken to the hospital. His mother comes to see him, but he will not speak to her. His mother leaves him and on her way out she meets Miss Martin. She finally prevails upon her to go in to see Jack. A happy reunion follows in which the two lovers are reunited and a mother is forgiven.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| William J. Bauman | Director |
| William Pigott | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Loyola O'Connor | |
| William Desmond Taylor | |
| Bertie Pitcairn | |
| Gertrude Short |
