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  • Sally in Our Alley (I) (1916)
  • 50 min | Drama
Sally in Our Alley (I) (1916)
50 min | Drama

Sally McGill, a little Irish girl, brought up in a particularly sordid section, is compelled to work to support her entire family. Ben Blaney, the young foreman where she works, loves little Sally. Mrs. Rockwell, wealthy and childless, ...See moreSally McGill, a little Irish girl, brought up in a particularly sordid section, is compelled to work to support her entire family. Ben Blaney, the young foreman where she works, loves little Sally. Mrs. Rockwell, wealthy and childless, finds joy in taking a limited number of the poorest children to her country home each summer, and she selects those whom she will take. While visiting the lower East Side, which is distinguished by the name of "Pigtail Alley," she meets Sally and impulsively asks her to go along to earn her board and keep by caring for and helping with the children. Sally is overjoyed. Ben Blaney, however, proposes to Sally and is rejected. Mrs. Rockwell's niece, Isabelle, is jealous of Sally and takes a violent dislike to her. Sally's ambition is to become a refined lady like those about her, and she is attracted to Paul Taylor, but knows she is inferior to him. Isabelle succeeds in having Sally discharged. She then goes to work in a millinery store where she has opportunities to learn the refined ways she so admires, and joins a library to study on this subject. Mrs. Rockwell, in need of a maid, seeks little Sally out and offers her the position, and she again meets Paul, who proposes to her on her way home one evening, but she, realizing the great social gulf between them, does not consent and tells him he must never see her again. She leaves Mrs. Rockwell's employment to become an artist's model and because she pledged Mrs. Rockwell to secrecy about her new address, Paul goes to her mother, who, believing there is a possibility of a rich marriage, gives him Sally's address. Paul waits for Sally and escorts her home, standing in the doorway for a chat. Ben sees them just as Paul is embracing Sally and in a rage strikes Paul down. Later, when Ben learns that Paul has asked for Sally in marriage, he tells Sally that they are not made of the same clay, and that she has outgrown "Pigtail Alley," and he hopes that she will be happy with Paul. She goes to Paul and he holds her in his arms and finishes the sentence he started in the hallway, which Ben interrupted, "When do we start for South America?" Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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George Yohalem (story)
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Jul 17, 1916 (United States)

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7 cast members
Name Known for
Muriel Ostriche
Sally McGill Sally McGill   See fewer
Carlyle Blackwell
Paul Taylor Paul Taylor   See fewer
Patrick Foy
Mr. McGill (as Pat Foy) Mr. McGill (as Pat Foy)   See fewer
Mary Foy
Mrs. McGill (as Mrs. Foy) Mrs. McGill (as Mrs. Foy)   See fewer
Walter Greene
Ben (as Walter D. Greene) Ben (as Walter D. Greene)   See fewer
Jean Shelby
Isabel Isabel   See fewer
Betty K. Peterson
Undetermined Role Undetermined Role   See fewer
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