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Her Mother Was a Lady (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

Her Mother Was a Lady (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

Bob Jennings, a young businessman, has for a mother a social climber. She wishes Bob to marry Janet, a young society woman. But Bob does not care for Janet, although the latter is attracted, thinking him a man of wealth. Bob daily meets ...See moreBob Jennings, a young businessman, has for a mother a social climber. She wishes Bob to marry Janet, a young society woman. But Bob does not care for Janet, although the latter is attracted, thinking him a man of wealth. Bob daily meets Nan O'Hara, a waitress at a railway lunch-counter. Nan is an orphan, whose mother "was a lady" despite Nan's lowly position. One day Bob leaves a packet of important business letters on the lunch counter after finishing his usual meal. Nan finds the papers. She realizes their importance to Bob, reads his office address on the papers, and hurries to restore them. She does this in time to save Bob from losing an important contract. Nan is dismissed by the lunch-counter manager for leaving her post of duty. Bob finds her out of work and offers her a home in his own house, as a companion to his mother. Nan agrees much to the anger of "Butch" Hardy, a rough character whose love for her is not reciprocated. Soon after Nan is established in Bob's home, the mother begins to realize that Nan and Bob are in love. Their marriage would be fatal to her contemplated scheme. She resolves to end the love match. About this time "Butch" and some rough companions burglarize Bob's home. Bob is desperately wounded in his fight with the housebreakers and Nan nurses him back to health. Bob's affection for Nan increases and Mrs. Jennings determines to have Nan leave the house. The chance soon offers itself. Bob is called out of town. Mrs. Jennings shows Nan a notice in the paper; it is to the effect that Bob and Janet are engaged. Brokenhearted, Nan is prevailed upon to leave. When Bob returns and learns of his mother's action, he is incensed. Hurriedly he searches for Nan ; he finds her back at her old post in the lunch-room. Meanwhile his mother has manager to have a reception at her home at which the engagement of Bob and Janet is to be announced. Bob realizes that unless he proposes at once to Nan he will have to marry Janet. As he greets Nan at the lunch-counter, the big noontime rush starts. Bob decides to help out Nan in her effort to wait upon all of the passengers. After the rush subsides, Bob, determined not to lose a moment, proposes to Nan. Before the astonished lunch-counter patrons can realize what has happened, a minister who has been eating at the counter has joined Bob and Nan in marriage. Finally before the sparkling array of the elite there appears Bob, leading through the crowd of society folks a bashful, smiling little Irish girl. Later Mrs. Jennings forgives the newlyweds and Nan comes to Bob's home to stay. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
John Ince Bob Jennings Bob Jennings See fewer	The Great Jewel Robbery (1925)
Mary Keane Nan O'Hara Nan O'Hara See fewer	The Debt (1914)
Margaret Dawson Mrs. Jennings - Bob's Mother Mrs. Jennings - Bob's Mother See fewer	The Changeling (1914)
Harold Moffitt Butch Hardy Butch Hardy See fewer	The Still Alarm (1930)
Doris Heywood Janet Humphries Janet Humphries See fewer	The Devil's Daughter (1915)

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