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  • The Snare of the City (1911)
  • Short | Short, Drama
The Snare of the City (1911)
Short | Short, Drama
Jane Flynn, a country girl, who is employed in a large department store in the city, is leaving her home after her vacation to return to her work, where, upon arriving, she learns from her manager that there is a vacancy in her department ...See moreJane Flynn, a country girl, who is employed in a large department store in the city, is leaving her home after her vacation to return to her work, where, upon arriving, she learns from her manager that there is a vacancy in her department which may be filled by Jane's younger sister, Grace, who has for a long time aspired to be a saleslady. Grace goes to the city, goes to work and finally attracts the attention of the junior partner of the big store, who flatters her beauty and finally induces the girl to go dine with him alone at his home. In the meantime, Jane has seen and noted the flirtation between her employer and her sister and endeavors in vain to make Grace see the folly and danger of the company of a man of the age of Cartwright, the proprietor. She has also written to her father and mother concerning Grace, and the old man and his son finally decide to go to the city and see for themselves. On the evening of the dinner with Cartwright, Jane enters her room and finds a crumpled note written by Cartwright to Grace, naming the time and the place. Jane suddenly realizes that at this very moment her sister, according to the note, is dining with Cartwright, and with the intention of saving her sister, Jane hurries to Cartwright's apartments and finds the two at dinner together. In the meantime the father and brother have found the note in the girls' room and hurrying to the address are admitted. Cartwright shoves both girls into another room. Jane, however, knowing that the truth must come out, resolves to sacrifice herself and spare her sister and rushing out into the dining room, begs her father to have mercy on her. The old man is heart-broken and runs out of the room, followed by the son. Later, however, a happy reconciliation takes place between them, and the father, never suspecting that the jewel of his heart, his youngest daughter, was guilty instead of her sister, takes both girls home to their mother. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated May 2, 1911
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May 2, 1911 (United States)

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