For Her Father's Sins (1914)

Laura Bell runs away from her country home to the city, where she becomes a clerk in a department store. Her brother, Frank, follows her to New York, but is unable to place her. He becomes interested in a settlement house and obtains a position in social service work. Mary Ashton, daughter of the proprietor of the store where Laura works, is shocked to find that her father pays his clerks starvation wages.

Released

1914-10-18

Genres

Drama

Runtime

20 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

John B. O'Brien