A Wayward Daughter (1914)
Whenever Mrs. Weston, a widow, enters the little country store where Luke Hardy is postmaster and storekeeper, he tries in vain to muster up courage enough to propose. She has one daughter, Betty, pretty and good-hearted, but spoiled and wayward. Jack Foster, a boy sweetheart, who works in a store in New York, visits them and puts all sorts of ideas into her head. Mrs. Weston objects to the girl going to a masquerade, and exacts a promise from her to return at midnight. Instead, she lands home at two-thirty in the morning. Mrs. Weston is very angry and the relations between mother and daughter become strained. Jack writes Betty he has a job for her in the store, and despite her mother's pleading she goes to the city. Betty is introduced by Jack to Lincoln Parker, junior partner in the store. She secures a position as stenographer and is highly elated, although experiencing twinges of homesickness. One night Jack invites her to supper with him and Parker. Parker makes Jack pretend illness and takes her to a restaurant alone. He tries to kiss her and she indignantly repulses him. The next day she is discharged and, too proud to go home, seeks vainly for work. Luke goes to New York to look for her, finds she has written Jack for help, forces the whole story from him and finds Betty, who is only too glad to be taken home to mother. Luke then asks Mrs. Weston to become his wife and she softly says, "yes." Betty turns with a smile, and leaves the old-time lovers to their new-found happiness.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Van Dyke Brooke | Director |
| W.A. Tremayne | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Norma Talmadge | |
| Van Dyke Brooke | |
| Kalman Matus | |
| Harry Kendall |
