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  • Love and the Telephone (1912)
  • Short | Drama, Romance, Short
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Love and the Telephone (1912)
Short | Drama, Romance, Short
Anna Wilton, the pretty telephone girl, working in the office of Jennings and Co., brokers, is loved by Mr. Hugh Jennings who tries to force his attentions upon her. When he discovers that she is engaged to John Mason, a young clerk, he is...See moreAnna Wilton, the pretty telephone girl, working in the office of Jennings and Co., brokers, is loved by Mr. Hugh Jennings who tries to force his attentions upon her. When he discovers that she is engaged to John Mason, a young clerk, he is furious. He pretends friendship for the young man and leads him to speak of his own affairs. He learns that John is anxious to make money in stocks and is only waiting for a tip to take his savings and invest them. He tells John to buy United Copper and the boy believes him. He is letting him in on a good thing. But Jennings wants to see John lose all he has, hoping that in that event, Anna will turn to him. John tells Anna about United Copper. She is doubtful at first but he soon wins her over. He starts off for the bank to draw his money. While he is gone, Anna at the 'phone, comes in on a busy wire and overhears a conversation between Jennings and another broker, in which Jennings says that United Copper is going to take a big drop. Then she sees the trap. When John comes in she warns him; but he refuses to believe and so anxious is he to throw his money away that in desperation the girl locks him in the inner office. For the rest of the afternoon he is a prisoner while the girl waits at the ticker scanning the tape for United Copper. It goes up at first, but then just as surely it drops, point by point. Three o'clock arrives; the market closes with United Copper wiped out. Then Anna releases John. He rushes to the ticker to read the truth. As he is thanking the girl, Jennings enters to be told that the money is safe, and his mean plan known to both the girl and her fiancé. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Dec 29, 1912
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Dec 29, 1912 (United States)

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