The Call of the City (1915)
1915 · Silent film · 11 min · dir. Harry Beaumont
- Short
- Drama
Synopsis
Bessie Graham has been a sort of maid-of-all-work in her mother's boarding house for years. Determined to make a change, she tells her mother that she is going to strike out for herself and try to get a position in the city. Arrived in the city, she rents a cheap room and starts to look for work. At two or three different places she is told that only trained assistants are required. Coming out of an office building, where she has met with another refusal, she starts down the street, almost in tears. A woman of the underworld, flashily dressed, sees her, and so does the woman's male companion. Approaching Bessie, the woman tells her that if she is in trouble, she may be able to help her. Bessie is glad. The man trails along behind, and suddenly coming up with them, speaks. The woman introduces him to Bessie as her husband. Together the three continue down the street. Turning a corner, they run into a tough-looking customer, who, the moment he sees the woman's "husband," halts the party and starts in to hurl epithets at the man. When the man gets back at him the tough hits him a stinging blow in the face, declaring that this is one time his game of trapping young girls is going to be spoiled. A furious struggle commences, the woman, meantime, making a quick get-away from the scene. Bessie stands there, paralyzed with fear as the men both draw revolvers. A moment later, there is a shot fired, and the tough turns and runs down the street, leaving the other man lying at Bessie's…
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Details
- Director
- Harry Beaumont
- Writer
- Mark Swan
- Studio
- Edison Studios
- Released
- 1915-09-18
- Running time
- 11 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
Cast & crew
Harry Beaumont Director
Bessie Learn- Margery Bonney Erskine
Marjorie Ellison
Yale Benner- John Sturgeon
Bob Walker
