The Man in the Street (1913)
John Street is the man on the outside, looking in at the more favored man of fortune in the Croesus Club. The rich man on the inside, looking out, is Jim Bent, who hears the stock-ticker at his elbow threatening to ruin him. The scene shifts and shows pandemonium on the Stock Exchange, as the clock strikes "one." Bent's fortunes are imperiled if he cannot secure ready money by 3 o'clock. He has a buyer for his palatial home, but the question is how to get his wife's signature to the deed, as she is in a distant city. At this point Street butts into the game and offers to get his wife's signature within an hour if Bent will make him a member of the Croesus Club. Street is familiar with the new secrets of the Telegraph Writing and Receiving Co. and manages to get Mrs. Bent on the wire and her signature to the document that will relieve the financial stringency of the Bent family, although she is a thousand miles away. Street, empty in pocket, has achieved his ambition to a membership in the Croesus Club. In the meantime, however, the end of the month comes and Street's expense account has rolled up in lively fashion. Bent's daughter, however, has grown quite curious concerning the man who was able to secure her mother's signature in New York, so he has been invited to the house to dinner. Although he is a member of the club, he is still seeking a job on the outside, and regards a detective office as very likely. While he is there she is entertaining a wealthy friend who has a necklace of curious design, and he observes the nervous air of the Bent girl contemplating this jewelry. When he reads the following morning of a midnight robbery at the Bent mansion, he, by putting two and two together, figures out that the young heiress must in reality be a kleptomaniac. On the strength of his clues he ingeniously secures the necklace without incriminating anyone and then restores it to Mr. Bent at the club. The cleverness of the whole transaction impresses the man of wealth, and Street eventually gets a prize position in the detective agency.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Oscar Eagle | Director |
| Gilson Willets | Writer |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Thomas Carrigan | |
| Charles Clary | |
| Rose Evans | |
| May Buckley |
