Rated at $10, 000, 000 (1915)
Samuel Ellis and May, his second wife, live by their wits. Sam has a daughter by his first wife who has inherited her ideas and beauty from her dead mother. The Ellises concoct a scheme whereby they can use the girl to land them in the social swim. They take expensive apartments at the Savoy Hotel and send for Lily to join them. The girl leaves her school friends and takes a train for the city. As she enters the Pullman, "High Brow Joe," a crook, sees his chance to steal her handbag containing her ticket and money. When the conductor calls tor tickets, Lily is much embarrassed, but quickly relieved by a good looking stranger on the opposite side of the car. Arriving at the depot the stranger loses himself in the crowd without having given his name or address. Joe follows the stranger and relieves him of his wallet, in which he finds considerable money, papers and cards bearing the name of Robert Leeds. Later Joe reads in a paper that an immense fortune has been left to Robert Leeds and as the stranger has taken a connecting train for the west, Joe feels safe in impersonating his victim. He goes to the Savoy Hotel and registers under the name of Robert Leeds and is duly entertained as the young millionaire. Lily arrives at the hotel and as the news spreads the Ellises lose no time in becoming acquainted with the supposed Robert Leeds and introducing their daughter. At every opportunity, Lily is thrown in his way with due instructions to make herself agreeable, but try as she may she cannot like him. Later she detects him in stealing from the guests and Joe, feeling that she will probably hand him over to the police, decoys her into a cab with one of his pals and takes her to a hangout run by "Frisco Fan." There she is held a prisoner. She, however, manages to write a note stating her condition and throws it from the window. A gentleman passes and picking it up, carefully finds his way to her room and talking through the keyhole learns the true state of affairs. The girl pluckily declares that she will remain while the stranger goes for help. The man is no other than the true Robert Leeds; he goes to the Savoy Hotel and seeing his own name upon the register signs John Smith. The real Robert Leeds, secures the assistance of Farrel, the hotel detective, who quickly releases Lily from her prison and round up "Frisco Fan" and a number of crooks. Leeds then goes back to deal with "High-Brow Joe," gives him the beating of his life and turns him over to the detective. The Ellises are glad to get out of the hotel without paying their bill and it is a great pity they could not have been present when a happy bride and groom registered that night as Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leeds at the Savoy.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Joseph W. Smiley | Director |
| Adrian Gil-Spear | Writer |
| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Jack Standing | |
| Lila Leslie | |
| Joseph W. Smiley | |
| William W. Cohill |
