Summary
In the Limehouse district of London, a naive and attractive young woman named Curlytop, employed at Sprogg's department store, falls deeply in love with Bill Branigan, a charming but irresponsible young man. Bill, captivated by Curlytop's innocence, abandons his sweetheart, Bessie, and attempts to reform, seeking employment in Hammersmith. However, in his absence, Bessie manipulates Curlytop into a drunken state and cuts off her distinctive twelve golden curls. Subsequently, Curlytop is hired as a waitress on Shanghai Dan's floating barge-restaurant, a sinister establishment run by a half-caste Chinese hypnotist. When Bill returns, unaware of Curlytop's whereabouts, he rekindles his relationship with Bessie, only to discover the golden curls among her belongings by chance. This revelation prompts Bill to force Bessie into revealing Curlytop's location. He rescues Curlytop from Dan's sinking barge, which had collided with a schooner, but Dan, who was hypnotizing Curlytop below deck, perishes in the Thames.
Synopsis
Curlytop, an attractive, naive girl who works in Sprogg's department store in the Limehouse district of London, meets Bill Branigan, a charming but feckless young man, and falls in love with him. Bill casts aside his sweetheart, Bessie, and, reformed by Curlytop's love, goes to Hammersmith to find work. In his absence, Bessie gets Curlytop drunk and cuts off her twelve golden curls. Shanghai Dan, a sinister, half-caste Chinese hypnotist, then hires the shorn Curlytop as a waitress on his floating barge-restaurant. Bill returns; but not finding Curlytop, he renews his relationship with Bessie, until, by chance, he discovers the golden curls among Bessie's belongings. Forcing her to tell him where he can find his lost love, Bill arrives on the waterfront just as Dan's barge is sinking after a collision with a schooner. Bill rescues Curlytop from the water, but Dan, who at the time of the accident was below decks hypnotizing the unwilling girl in a locked cabin, is lost in the Thames.
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