Two Stepchildren (1914)
Born with an artistic temperament, Joe Leigh feels keenly the bitterness and drudgery of life on a small farm and longs to get away from it. Jabez, his uncle, who owns the farm, is a hard, matter-of-fact man, utterly out of sympathy with his nephew's ambitions. The boy's only companion is Hazel Hall, whose life is made miserable by a nagging stepmother. Joe falls heir to five hundred dollars, and Jabez tries to induce him to invest the money in the farm. Joe tells him plainly, because of his former treatment, he intends using the money to go to New York to study art. While there, Joe loses his money in a get-rich-quick scheme and, ashamed to write to his uncle, he unsuccessfully tries to make a living by selling his drawings. Home becomes unendurable to Hazel, and she comes to New York in hopes of finding Joe. She obtains work posing as a model for Cecil Grace, a young artist, but he tries to make love to her and she abruptly leaves his employ. The terror of her lonely life in the great city overwhelms her and she despondently steals forth to end it all. By a strange coincidence, Joe, homesick and tired of the struggle, wanders down to the river, where he sees Hazel fling herself into the water. He plunges in and brings the half-unconscious girl to shore. Each learns the story of the other's trials and experiences. Joe's sense of protection is aroused by her helplessness and he goes to work with a purpose. Shortly afterward, an art patron, who has become interested in Joe, gives the young man a start, which enables him to care for Hazel for life.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Theodore Marston | Director |
| W.A. Tremayne | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| James Morrison | |
| William Shea | |
| Dorothy Kelly | |
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