Etta of the Footlights (1914)
Chorus girl Etta Lang is the principal support of her sister and brother and their invalid mother, not only working at the theater, but also by looking after their small boarding-house. Among their lodgers is old actor Brutus Bellamy, who becomes interested in Etta and offers to teach her acting; she learns rapidly. She arrives at the theater late and is abused by the stage manager, Joseph Burton. Cecil Wentworth, one of the backers of the theater, takes her part and becomes interested in her. Irene St. Maur, the leading lady, throws up her part and leaves the company in the lurch; Etta offers to take her place. The management takes a desperate chance and puts her in; she makes good. Cecil becomes very attentive to her, but she refuses all his advances. One night, in a pouring rain, he persuades her to let him drive her home in his car. She consents, and he secretly bids the chauffeur drive out to his villa, outside the city limits. Brutus, who is on his way to the theater, sees her in the machine, and, suspecting treachery, follows them in a taxi. Under pretense, the auto breaks down, and Cecil gets Etta to enter the villa. There he tells her where she is and tries to caress her. She repulses him. Brutus appears at the veranda window. Etta admits him, and, stepping forward, Brutus points to Cecil's mother's picture, hanging in the room, asking him how he dares insult another woman in the presence of that picture. Brutus leads Etta away. A year later she has made great strides in her profession, and is able to keep her mother in comfort. Cecil, who is really in love with her, writes Etta, begging forgiveness, and she, who has always loved him since the first day he protected her, gladly forgives him and consents to become his wife.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Maurice Costello | Director |
| Robert Gaillard | Director |
| W.A. Tremayne | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Maurice Costello | |
| Mary Charleson | |
| Jane Fearnley | |
| Gladden James |
