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Helping John (1912)
Short | Comedy, Drama, Short

Helping John (1912)

Short | Comedy, Drama, Short

John Winter is just inaugurating a campaign in the stock market by which he hopes to gain a firm hold on a company known as the Star Milling Company. John's wife, Edith, is devoted to him. She is rich in her own right and would like to be ...See moreJohn Winter is just inaugurating a campaign in the stock market by which he hopes to gain a firm hold on a company known as the Star Milling Company. John's wife, Edith, is devoted to him. She is rich in her own right and would like to be helpful to John, but he will never tell her anything about business matters. She learns that he is forced to sacrifice his holdings in Star in order to get money. Edith would give John all the money he needs but she knows his pride would not allow him to accept it. She decides to secretly buy this Star Preferred that he has to sell and give it back to him as a surprise. She goes to a broker's office and begins to buy secretly, just as John, through his lieutenants, begins to sell. Her ignorance of the market leads her to buy the stock with a freedom that experienced traders would fear to use. Her brokers, recognizing her from the signature on her check and knowing her husband's relation to the market, figure that some subtle coup is on and they and their customers follow her unconscious lead, the combination naturally forcing Star Preferred up to an unprecedented figure. The scenes shift from the offices of Edith's brokers to the stock exchange and to John's office back and forth in increasing excitement. John is wiped out. Edith gets control of the stock and her broker's statement shows she has made a fortune while she was "helping" John. She arrives at his office just as he wonders how he can ever get his head above water again. Explanations are made and all ends happily when, in the following scene John is patiently explaining to Edith, at home, the details of his business. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Bigelow Cooper John Winter John Winter See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
Miriam Nesbitt Edith Winter Edith Winter See fewer	The Declaration of Independence (I) (1911)
Barry O'Moore Actor Actor See fewer	Frederick the Great (1914)
Charles Sutton Actor Actor See fewer	The Cub Reporter (1912)
Robert Brower The Stock Broker The Stock Broker See fewer	The Little Minister (1921)