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Temptations of a Shop Girl Synopsis
A pretty young girl has a sister who is a kleptomaniac, and steals expensive dresses at the urging of her sleazy boyfriend. When she is arrested on suspicion of stealing, her older sister takes the blame to avoid having the younger girl to to prison. She then determines to ruin her sister's scummy boyfriend.
The Fettered Woman Synopsis
The story is of Angelina Allende, who is left an orphan by the suicide of her father, a real-estate visionary who has beggared not only himself but his friends in a vain attempt to "boom" the deserted hamlet of Anne's Bridge. Receiving news of his death, Angelina returns home, where she is presently inveigled into a trip to New York by two men, one of whom wants the property and the other of whom wants Angelina. In a restaurant scene which follows, Bink, the elder of the conspirators, makes advances to Angelina, is repulsed and then is shot by Wolver his fellow conspirator. The police enter, Angelina is accused of the shooting, and she is sentenced at length to a three-years' term in a home for delinquent girls. Emerging at the expiration of her sentence, she returns to Anne's Bridge. Here, in the lonely days that follow, she advertises for boarders and is at last rewarded by the appearance of James Deane. It is here that the love story begins; and it progresses until Angelina is cleared, through Deane's efforts, and, finally, is free to marry him. - New York Dramatic Mirror, November 10, 1917.
"Temptations of a Shop Girl" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "The Fettered Woman" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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Temptations of a Shop Girl