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Paid with Interest
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Donald Crisp
Cast: Robert Harron [Tom Taylor], Mae Marsh [Mame], Raoul A. Walsh (Raoul Walsh) [George Watson], Irene Hunt, Ralph Lewis
Majestic Motion Picture Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Scenario by Anthony Paul Kelly. / Released 1 November 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Mame is a waitress in a cheap eating place. Tom is an electrician’s helper. Calling to fix wires, he meets Mame and falls in love with her. She later returns his affection and they plan to marry when he has obtained a raise and becomes a regular electrician himself. A rift comes in their lute, however, by the advent of George, a wealthy broker, whose car breaks down near the restaurant and who comes in to get a cup of coffee. Mame serves him and he becomes enamored of her and she is flattered by his attentions. Gradually her love for Tom wanes and a real affection dawns for the broker. Tom does not believe his attentions are honorable and believes that only his money has attracted Mame and he plans to ruin the broker. Called to the office building of the broker’s office to repair wires, while working on the roof he overhears a conversation from the broker’s office to his agents and gets wise to the fact that the broker is to give a message to sell at a certain time; if the agent doesn’t get a call at that time he is to buy. At the time appointed, the broker phones to sell, and it is apparent that to buy will ruin him, but Tom, getting wise by his wire on the roof, cuts it, so that the broker’s agent cannot get the message, and the broker is wiped out. Tom is delighted, thinking that now Mame and the broker cannot marry, but is astounded to discover that it has made no difference with Mame. Tom then realizes that his jealousy has made it hard for the girl and the man, who is an honorable suitor, and resolves to make it up to them somehow. The broker starts life over again, marries Mame and they are happy. Tom remains the true pal of both, and though unhappy and in love with George’s wife, protects George in every way from himself. George, to gamble, steals his wife’s jewels and loses the money for which he pawned them, but Tom reclaims them and returns them, and George promises not to gamble again, but does. The wife says it is all right so long as he loves her and is true to her. One day George is seriously injured and dies. Tom is forced to break the news to George’s wife. He finds a watch on George, and plans to take this little memento to the wife and thus soften the blow. When he opens the watch he finds there the photo of another woman and realizes that George is unworthy of his wife and her love for him. To save her illusion, he takes a watch from his own person, removes the photo of George’s wife from it, puts it in George’s watch and carries it to Mame, who thereafter always believes that George loved her.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 April 2024.
References: Website-IMDb.
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