The Pit (1914)
50 min
Novice businessman Curtis Jadwin is introduced to the world of grain speculation by veteran broker Charles Cressler. At a performance of Faust, Curtis meets and falls in love with Laura Dearborn, the sweetheart of artist Sheldon Corthell. Curtis pursues Laura and finally convinces her to marry him, but soon after their wedding, he neglects her for his business. In her loneliness, Laura renews her relationship with Sheldon and the lovers plan to elope. When Curtis is ruined on the market, however, Laura rejects her lover and comforts her husband.
- Data de estreia
- 28 de dezembro de 1914
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Elenco
- Wilton Lackaye como Jadwin
- Chester Barnett como Landry
- J. Gunnis Davis como Crookes's clerk
- Hattie Delaro como Mrs. Cressler
- Alec B. Francis como Cressler
- George Ingleton como Jadwin's butler
- Gail Kane como Laura
- Jessie Lewis como Page
- W.A. Orlemond como Cressler's clerk
- Edward Roseman como Crookes
Equipe
- Maurice Tourneur · Diretor(a)
- Frank Norris · Roteirista
- Channing Pollock · Roteirista
- William A. Brady · Produtor(a)