- Novice businessman Curtis Jadwin ( Wilton Lackaye ) is introduced to the world of grain speculation by veteran broker Charles Cressler ( Alec B. Francis ). At a performance of Faust , Curtis meets and falls in love with Laura Dearborn ( Gail Kane ), the sweetheart of artist Sheldon Corthell ( Milton Sills ). Curtis pursues Laura and finally convinces her to marry him, but soon after their wedding, he neglects her for his business. In her loneliness, Laura renews her relationship with Sheldon and the lovers plan to elope. When Curtis is ruined on the market, however, Laura rejects her lover and comforts her husband.—Pamela Short
- The scenes of the drama are laid in Chicago during a period of speculation in the wheat pit, and intimate pictures of society life form the prologue of the play. Cressler, a victim of rash speculation in "The Pit," commits suicide just as Curtis Jadwin, a prosperous young broker, wins the hand and heart of Laura Dearborn, a rich and lovely society girl. Their married happiness is menaced by Jadwin's infatuation for wheat speculation, which leads him to neglect his young wife. Corthell, a former lover, appears to her, charms her with music, and almost wins her away from her husband. The latter is temporarily won from his passion for moneymaking, but succumbs to it again and leaves the path open for Corthell to make further onslaughts on Laura's heart. Jadwin now plans a great wheat corner and starts in by winning back a fortune of which his friends deprived him years before. The market recedes and Jadwin quarrels with his partner, accusing him of trying to sell him out. Jadwin thereupon plunges into the market, but failing in his frantic efforts to corner it. hears the name of his firm "read out" by the secretary. The corner has been prevented; he is ruined. Quitting the tumult of the Board of Trade, he makes his way home, a beaten man. His wife is on the point of eloping with Corthell, but when she sees her unhappy husband her heart is touched. Dismissing her lover, she turns to Jadwin and promises to help him commence life afresh far from the feverish temptations of speculative business life. He has lost a fortune but has a devoted wife, whose love has returned to him.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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