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The Worth of a Life
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Scott Sidney
Cast: Thomas Chatterton (Tom Chatterton) [Doctor John Emerson], Gladys Brockwell [Ruby Baker], Arthur L. Jarrett [Randolph Stone]
New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Kay-Bee]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan and Thomas H. Ince. / Released 30 October 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? John Emerson, a clean-cut, wholesome young man, graduates from medical college and establishes his office in Meadowville, the village of his birth. Ruby Baker, the village belle becomes Dr. Brown’s fiancée. Randolph Stone heading the younger “bear” element in New York goes to Meadowville for a rest. He meets and falls in love with Ruby; he persuades her that she would not be content to settle down with a country doctor, when he could offer her a place in the world of real men and women. Ruby imagines herself in love with Stone and asks John Emerson to release her. She tells him she feels she should be the mate of a man of high ambition. John is badly broken up over the loss of Ruby. He devotes himself to his work and becomes very successful. He is offered a position as head surgeon in a large New York hospital, which position he accepts. John and Ruby meet accidentally in an art gallery. Ruby is very unhappy, her marriage not being all she expected. Her husband spends his evenings at cafés, telling Ruby he is too big a man to waste them with her. Stone, whose raids on the market have caused much unfavorable comment, is shot. He is rushed to the St. Gregory Hospital, where Dr. Emerson is surgeon. John operates on him. Ruby comes to the hospital; she is over-wrought. She tells John she doesn’t want her husband to live, but after a battle with death, Stone is won back to life, through John’s efforts. After some weeks Stone is ready to resume his place in the Street. Ruby tells him that he owes his life to John Emerson. Stone offers Ruby a check for $100 for John. Ruby indignantly tears the check into pieces. Stone accuses her of being in love with John. Ruby leaves Stone, secures a divorce, and after a year has elapsed Stone sees the announcement of her marriage to John in the papers.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 11 October 2023.
References: Website-IMDb.
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