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A Real Helpmate (1914)
Short | 29 min | Drama, Short

A Real Helpmate (1914)

Short | 29 min | Drama, Short

Gilbert Reade was a small man. Possessed of fair abilities, he had established the splendid reputation of his company entirely with the brains of Guy Maxwell, his assistant. Instead of giving Maxwell his just dues, however, he kept him on ...See moreGilbert Reade was a small man. Possessed of fair abilities, he had established the splendid reputation of his company entirely with the brains of Guy Maxwell, his assistant. Instead of giving Maxwell his just dues, however, he kept him on a small salary. Even the fact that Maxwell had married his niece seemed no reason to Reade for allowing his gratitude to take any tangible form. At last, on the advice of his wife. Maxwell resigned his position with Reade, and started to work for himself. He succeeded from the first. Three years later, Maxwell, now a prosperous architect, with a well-established business, was devoting heart and soul to the plans for the new civic court house, the architect of which was to be chosen on the strength of the most favorable front elevation submitted. Reade was also anxious to win the contest, but his desires were hampered by the fact that his present assistant was distinctly lacking in Maxwell's former brilliance and originality. Five days before the contest ended, Reade learned that Maxwell had been seriously injured. Reade took a camera, and went over to Maxwell's house. On the pretext of waiting for his niece, who was with her husband at the hospital, he gained admittance to Maxwell's workroom and, aided by his little grandniece, took a photograph of Maxwell's drawing. Then he returned to his office, and copied the design, line for line, from a print of the photograph. Since her husband could not work, Marion, who had picked up considerable architectural knowledge, finished the drawing herself and sent it in. On the day the committee met, Reade's stolen drawing was among the first examined. It so impressed the committee, that they accepted it on the spot and returned the other plans unexamined. Marion read of Reade's success, and saw a photograph of the completed drawing in the paper. She instantly went to Reade's office, and with all a woman's cleverness, succeeded in getting the print of the photograph from Reade's assistant. The print showed Reade's guilt without question, for on it was shown the little girl holding up the drawing to the light, so that her granduncle might take its picture. Marion confronted Reade in the committee room with the photograph, and won the day. Maxwell's plan was accepted, and Reade driven out in disgrace. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Barry O'Moore Guy Maxwell Guy Maxwell See fewer	Frederick the Great (1914)
Gertrude McCoy Marion Maxwell - Reade's Niece Marion Maxwell - Reade's Niece See fewer	Nelson (1926)
Anna Clifford Reade's Little Grandniece Reade's Little Grandniece See fewer	A Village Scandal (I) (1914)
Charles Sutton Gilbert Reade Gilbert Reade See fewer	The Cub Reporter (1912)