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The Little Intruder Synopsis
Jealous of the attention his wife Virginia receives at a seaside resort and desiring to know how far her flirtation with Henry Harding has gone, George Conklin returns to New York to hire a detective. He finds a pretty girl in his house and the police identify her as criminal Philadelphia Mary but George tells them that she is his niece that he was expecting; when the police are gone, George learns that her name is Betty McCarthy and makes her agree to spy on Virginia. Betty becomes friendly with Virginia and falls in love with Virginia's ardent brother Billy Kent. Incensed at her husband's jealousy, Virginia plans to elope with Harding--who, Betty discovers, is only interested in Virginia's jewels. After the police arrest Harding when Betty tells them that he has the Conklins' jewels, Betty and Billy marry. Harding is released when Betty confesses she substituted candy for the jewels, the Conklins are reconciled, and Betty reveals that she really is George's niece.
The Only Son Synopsis
Thomas Brainerd, Sr., as a prospector, is a dutiful and loving husband and father. Two children, Gertrude and Thomas, Jr., are born while the Brainerds live in a log cabin in the mountains. Brainerd strikes gold, goes to New York, where he becomes a financial power. He neglects his wife, devotes every moment of his time to his growing industries, simply supplies funds to his family, and his wife, alone and melancholy, is fascinated by an artist and consents to "sit" for a painting. Feeling her neglect keenly, Mrs. Brainerd becomes a victim to the wiles of the artist, who, however, is killed by the husband of a former victim before the affair has progressed too far. Brainerd, learning of his wife's affair with the artist, orders her from the house. Thomas, Jr. sides with and accompanies his mother. Heretofore a worthless spendthrift, Thomas now becomes ambitious and joins interest with a penniless inventor, goes west, establishes a factory, makes a go of it, sells out to his father at an enormous advance, convinces his father that his mother is innocent and, as he transfers the invention to his father's firm, sees his mother in his father's arms, which example he immediately follows by proposing to the girl he has always loved.
"The Only Son" is currently leading in ratings, making it a stronger choice for newcomers to the genre.
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The Little Intruder