Summary
In the soot-stained world of the oil fields, Dolly is more than a dance hall girl; she is a silent architect of fortune. She pours her illicitly earned savings into the hands of Royce Wingate, a man whose charm is matched only by his lack of direction. When the black gold finally erupts from the earth, it carries them both from the mud to the marble halls of Manhattan. But Royce’s transition into a Wall Street titan comes with a social price tag that doesn't include a woman like Dolly. As he attempts to scrub his past clean by courting a high-society debutante, Dolly’s devotion curdles into a volatile cocktail of rage and betrayal. The resulting explosion is not one of oil, but of human spirit, leading to a violent confrontation where a single gunshot changes the trajectory of their shared destiny.
Synopsis
Dolly, a dance hall girl, loves Royce Wingate, an irresponsible chap. To escape their way of life she secretly backs an oil well in which he has an interest, and both become wealthy. In New York, Royce becomes a financial power on Wall Street but is socially frowned upon because of his association with the notorious Dolly. When he plans to marry Amy, a young society belle, Dolly becomes violently jealous and threatens to throw acid in his face; he shoots at the bottle and accidentally hits Dolly, thinking he has killed her. She recovers, however, and they are happily reconciled.
