Does It End Right? (1915)
Upon his release from prison, where he had been incarcerated for blackmail, Mart Kenyon decides to go straight. Leaving the Bowery, where he went to get his things, he encounters philanthropist Jefferson Langton, who suffers a heart stroke; Mart accompanies him to his home. The old man wrings Mart's story from him, and upon learning of his determination, pledges his help. Mart then goes to his sweetheart Vilma Vaudri, a woman of loose morals, and tells her that he wants to live right, but she laughs at him when he urges her to do likewise. She asks Mart how he intends to provide her with the luxury she has been accustomed to by means of honest labor. Mart tells her of the good Samaritan who offered to help him. As Vilma hears Langton's name she tells Mart that she will gratify his wish under one condition: that he introduce her as his sister. Her scheme is to get some easy money, and Mart, unsuspecting, consents. Mart introduces Vilma to Langton as his sister, and the old man is impressed with her. Just before their arrival Langton had received a letter informing him of a mismanagement in his mines, and now to make good his promise to Mart to help him and partially to win Vilma, Langton takes Mart into his employ and sends him as his representative to the mines to look after his interests. After Mart's departure, Vilma skillfully plays her game, and ere a week has elapsed she is the recipient of a proposal from Langton, and several days later they are married. In the days that follow Vilma gets Langton to transfer securities in her name which she secretly converts into cash. Through the newspapers Mart learns of Vilma's marriage to Langton. He at once suspects her game, and determines to thwart it. He takes the first train back to the city. On the evening of his arrival in the city, Vilma, with her plans completed, is preparing for flight. As she is preparing to leave the house Langton suffers another heart stroke and dispatches a servant to her room to get her. The love Langton displays for her suddenly arouses Vilma's better self. A transformation takes place in her as she realizes that she really loves Langton. Mart arrives at the house to find Vilma at his bedside tenderly ministering to him. Conflicting thoughts take possession of him, and something in Vilma's face stays his denunciation before Langton. While Mart is offering a satisfactory explanation regarding his sudden return Vilma manages to steal from the room. In her own room Vilma finds herself between two fires. Should she flee now while she has a chance, or should she stay and face the consequences? Her newly-found love for Langton wins, and she decides to face Mart, tell of her determination to do right by Langton and trust to his mercy. While a servant is attending Langton Mart slips from the room. He confronts Vilma in her room. Vilma, by her pleading, finally convinces Mart that she is sincere. Mart, however, warns Vilma that he will be ever watching to see that she does not falter in her decision to go straight.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Carl Laemmle | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Sydney Ayres | |
| Myrtle Gonzalez | |
| Jack Nelson | |
| Hayward Mack |
