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The Meddlesome Darling (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Meddlesome Darling (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Amelia Lowell conducts a newsstand. Helen, her daughter, a shop-girl, is a continual source of happiness to the old woman, but her son, Kelly a crook, brings continual sorrow. The son and his associates engineer a big jewel robbery and ...See moreAmelia Lowell conducts a newsstand. Helen, her daughter, a shop-girl, is a continual source of happiness to the old woman, but her son, Kelly a crook, brings continual sorrow. The son and his associates engineer a big jewel robbery and Kelly flees to the mother's tenement apartments to divide the spoils with his partners. The police raid the place, kill Kelly, and capture the others. Some of the jewelry has been placed in the mother's jacket by the son to divert suspicion. Amelia, under the unjust suspicion of Detective Kane, is arrested for participating in the robbery, of which she had no knowledge. While she is serving her unjust sentence in prison, Helen, her daughter, marries Henry Corliss, a young author who has not yet found success. Observing her mother's urgent wish, Helen lets Henry know nothing of her mother. Henry, now a successful novelist, is given so much valuable assistance by his secretary, Rose, that he unconsciously develops a growing fondness for the woman and Rose encourages Henry's affection. Helen, angered at Henry's attention to Rose, counters by accepting favors from Kane, the detective, whom she has met on her trips to aid the poor. Helen does not know of Kane's part in landing her mother in jail, neither does she realize that the detective is a man of questionable moral intentions. When Amelia's term is finished, she refuses to reveal her identity to Henry, believing it would interfere in the happiness of Helen and the future of the little girl, Doris. Amelia continues to conduct the news-stand, and even Helen does not hear from her now. One day Amelia is instrumental in saving little Doris from death in front of an auto. Both Doris and Amelia are injured. Henry, happening by in an auto, has the girl and the old lady hurriedly taken to his home, never realizing Amelia is his mother-in-law. He asks Helen to keep the old lady as a nurse for Doris. Amelia is prevailed upon to stay, but still fears to reveal her identity to Henry, but soon Amelia learns of the discord that threatens the happiness of the home. Henry discovers Helen opening a note from Kane, urging her to leave her husband, who is causing scandal by his intimacy with Rose. Henry has never seen Kane, but realizes Helen has given him encouragement. Furious, he leaves the house, intending to depart from the city with Rose and marry her when a divorce has been granted. Amelia follows Henry, confronts him and Rose in his office and soon has both ashamed of themselves. Henry promises to return home. Amelia hurries home to find Helen packing up preparatory to leaving with Kane, who enters the house a few minutes later. Henry realizes that Kane must be the object of Helen's affection. He enters the house and comes face to face with Kane. Previous to this Kane has seen Amelia hide Helen's jewels, hoping in this way to delay Helen's departure until Henry will arrive. As Henry comes face to face with Kane and Amelia, Kane tries to save himself by announcing that as a detective he has called to arrest Amelia for jewel theft. He brings forth the supposedly stolen gems. Amelia, refusing to ruin her daughter's future by telling Henry that Helen had planned to go with Kane, admits that she placed the jewels where Kane found them. She cannot deny, either, that she has served a prison term. Just when it seems that Amelia will be led away by Kane, Helen has crept downstairs, unseen. Now thoroughly repentant, she will not tolerate her mother's attempted sacrifice, but tells Henry everything. Henry's rage now turns against Kane and the men fight until Kane is badly whipped. Amelia then convinces Henry that he has been as faulty as Helen in their discord and brings them happily together. But "the meddlesome darling" goes further. She transfers Henry's office to his own home and employs a male secretary instead of Rose. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Francis Joyner Henry Corliss Henry Corliss See fewer	Mr. Housekeeper (1916)
Lila Leslie Helen Lowell (as Lilie Leslie) Helen Lowell (as Lilie Leslie) See fewer	What's to Do? (1933)
Marie Sterling Amelia Lowell - Helen's Mother Amelia Lowell - Helen's Mother See fewer	Sorrows of Happiness (1916)
Kempton Greene Kelly Lowell - Helen's Brother Kelly Lowell - Helen's Brother See fewer	A Question of Right (1914)
Betty Brice Rose - Henry's Secretary (as Rosetta Brice) Rose - Henry's Secretary (as Rosetta Brice) See fewer	Michael Strogoff (1914)
William W. Cohill Detective Kane Detective Kane See fewer	Life Without Soul (1915)
Doris Baker Little Doris Corliss Little Doris Corliss See fewer	Ella Cinders (1926)
William H. Turner Actor (unconfirmed) Actor (unconfirmed) See fewer	The Last Performance (1929)
Joseph W. Smiley Actor (unconfirmed) Actor (unconfirmed) See fewer	Life Without Soul (1915)