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When She Played Broadway (1916)
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When She Played Broadway (1916)

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They met out in the west. The man was a ranch owner, and the girl, when he first saw her, was a waitress in the only hotel in a large nearby town. She had been with a theatrical company, but it failed, leaving her stranded and she was glad...See moreThey met out in the west. The man was a ranch owner, and the girl, when he first saw her, was a waitress in the only hotel in a large nearby town. She had been with a theatrical company, but it failed, leaving her stranded and she was glad to accept a position at any menial occupation until affairs took a turn for the better. They became acquainted in the hotel dining room. The ranchman was seated at her table, and next to him was an offensive young drummer. The latter believed the girl was overcome by his fascinations. He finally announced that he was going to take her to a show that evening. The girl showed that his attentions were offensive, but she was not in a position to defend herself. The ranchman, however, came to her assistance, and compelled the drummer to actually eat the theater tickets which he displayed to the girl. Acquaintance soon ripened into love, and in due time the man proposed. The girl loved him; she admitted that, but she was still bound by the fascinations of the stage and wanted another chance. The man vainly pleaded with her, and whatever chances he might have had was overcome by the arrival of a telegram offering her an engagement with a company on tour, which had almost an absolute certainty of going into the New York City district within a short time. She accepted, and the man said that inside of a year he would go east and claim her. The company finally reached Broadway, but the girl soon grew to hate the life of the stage. The backer of the organization fell madly in love with her and forced his attentions upon her. She eluded him for a time, but finally one evening when he made his way into her dressing room, she ordered him out, and he told her with a sneer: "If that's the way you are going to act, you can take your two weeks' notice now." So she knew that her career with that particular organization was almost at an end. The girl went on that evening in the most unhappy frame of mind, but her troubles were not over. The man who had annoyed her made several visits to a nearby saloon and returned to the stage in an ugly frame of mind. When she came off the stage he was standing in the entrance, and refused to make way for her when she tried to pass him. He reached over and brutally slapped her in the face. Although she did not know it at the time, the man from the west was in the house. He arrived in the city that very day, reached her boarding house too late to see her, and determined to witness the play. It was a very successful attraction, and he was forced to take a box seat, and from it he could see what was going on in the wings. He was a witness of the brutality to which the girl was subjected and leaped upon the stage, caught the man by the collar and announced to the surprised audience: "This cur has just struck a lady. He is now going to apologize to her on his knees." The drunken bully was cowed, and did as he requested. By the time the officers of the law arrived the incident was over, the apology being completed, and the man who made it having been kicked off the stage. The ranchman was about to make his exit with the girl when a yell from the property man attracted his attention and he saw three big policemen rushing into the entrance right behind the property man. The latter was alert, however, and yelled to the girl to "get on the trap." She understood. dragged her preserver there, the property man pushed the lever and the young couple vanished under the stage just as the policemen hurried upon it. The trap was slammed shut in their faces. It was some time before the property man was able to open it for them, and he managed to arrange it so that they were on their knees upon the trap, when it suddenly plunged them into the cellar below. They got close behind the fugitives and saw them enter a limousine and drive away. The policemen, accompanied by the stage man, followed in another car. A number of blocks away the policemen overhauled the limousine and found it empty. As it happened the young couple had swung out of the car as it turned the corner and hidden in a doorway. After they were off, the young man glanced at the door and discovered that the house was the home of a minister. He produced a marriage license from his pocket, told the girl he believed they got off at just the right place. She agreed with him and the two entered the house and were married. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Gladys Hulette The Young Actress The Young Actress See fewer	Her New York (1917)
Howard M. Mitchell The Ranch Owner The Ranch Owner See fewer	The Mother Heart (1921)
Daniel Leighton The Backer of the Show The Backer of the Show See fewer	The Phantom's Secret (1917)
Ernest Howard The Stage Manager The Stage Manager See fewer	The Fires of Youth (1917)
Hector Dion The Mexican The Mexican See fewer	King Lear (1916)