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The Spendthrift (1915)
Drama
Who has reared the perfect child? Who has successfully combated the destiny-shaping factors of heredity and environment with a theoretical code of child-raising warranted never to fail? Mrs. Gretchen Jans, mistress of millions, failed. Her...See moreWho has reared the perfect child? Who has successfully combated the destiny-shaping factors of heredity and environment with a theoretical code of child-raising warranted never to fail? Mrs. Gretchen Jans, mistress of millions, failed. Her two pretty nieces, Frances and Clarice were taught to sew and mend, economize and retrench, not alone in clothes and money but in thought and emotion as well. "Plug up the fountain of youth," was the harsh, Puritanical code of Gretchen Jans, and Frances paid the penalty with her heartaches. Hence, when Richard Ward fell in love with Frances and Mrs. Jans refused the parental blessing, the young couple did what most young couples do, set off post-haste for the nearest parsonage. And then into the life of Frances came the great change. A comfortable allowance didn't reach. Money ran like rays of sunshine in a golden stream through the fingers of both hands. Richard couldn't keep up the gait. Bills payable increased with a monotonous regularity only equaled by the decrease of his bills receivable. Credit weakened, the specter of poverty grinned through the office door and the riotous waste of the girl who had been denied continued unabated. And then came the second man with his offer of money and the trail of suffering and self-abasement that followed in its wake. It seemed all very innocent to Frances but it was tragedy to Richard. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Walter Edwin
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Porter Emerson Browne (play)
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Updated Jun 21, 1915
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Jun 21, 1915 (United States)

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13 cast members
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Irene Fenwick
Frances Ward Frances Ward   See fewer
A Girl Like That (1917)
Cyril Keightley
Richard Ward Richard Ward   See fewer
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Malcolm Duncan
Monty Ward Monty Ward   See fewer
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John Nicholson
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Mattie Ferguson
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Viola Savoy
Clarice Van Zandt Clarice Van Zandt   See fewer
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Grace Leigh
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J.C. Hackett
Secretary Secretary   See fewer
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Roy Pilcher
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Miss Dolores
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Miss Yaha Grey
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Miss Phyllis
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Miss Hebe White
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