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Betty's Bondage (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

Betty's Bondage (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Betty and Molly, sisters, are employed at the railroad station as waitresses. Molly has been married by her step-father to a brutal drunkard, Steve Moran, while the mother of the two girls is married to Dan Morgan, who is also a slave to ...See moreBetty and Molly, sisters, are employed at the railroad station as waitresses. Molly has been married by her step-father to a brutal drunkard, Steve Moran, while the mother of the two girls is married to Dan Morgan, who is also a slave to drink. A theatrical troupe visits the eating house and Betty meets Burton Howard, a theater magnate. He is taken with her appearance, and giving her his card, invites her to visit him should she ever find herself on Broadway, in New York. Martin Dane, who has just arrived in town to take a job as foreman at the Morrison Steel Works, admires Betty. He saves the girl's stepfather from a drunken brawl and is invited to call that evening. Betty, anticipating another marriage such as her sister's, does not encourage Dane. Molly's husband dies in a drunken stupor, and she, seeing that her sister is about to be forced into conditions like those under which she suffered, plans to use the money she had received from her husband's insurance policy to free her sister. Betty is thus enabled to run away just before she is to be married to Dane. She goes to New York, where she calls on Burton Howard, who finally recognizes her and gives her a minor position in one of his companies. He enables her to rise in her new profession, but Betty soon finds that his interest has strings to it. Meanwhile the brutal husband of Mrs. Morgan has also died, and Martin Dane has taken the poor woman to keep house for him in the cottage he had furnished in anticipation of his marriage to Betty. Molly shows him the letter she has received from Betty, realizing at last Martin's true worth and the mistake she and her sister have made in thinking otherwise. Dane visits the city and locates Hetty's boarding house. Betty has been endeavoring to stave off Howard's advances with the excuse of not having fitting gowns to accompany him to cafés. He has bought her a fine gown and now insists that she spend the evening with him. Dane gains admittance to Betty's room before she arrives home and conceals himself. When she arrives home she is surprised when confronted by the man she promised to marry and later deserted. She at first refuses to return with Dane as his wife, repelled by the sordidness she imagines will follow. Howard calls in his taxi to take her out. He is admitted to Betty's room and the two men come face to face. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Pauline Bush Betty Betty See fewer	A Mountain Melody (1915)
Arthur Shirley Martin Dane Martin Dane See fewer	The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1925)
Genevieve Abbot Molly (as Genevieve Abbott) Molly (as Genevieve Abbott) See fewer	Her Better Self (1916)
Edward Clark Burton Howard (as E.A. Clark) Burton Howard (as E.A. Clark) See fewer	Sally in Our Alley (1927)
Ervin Denecke Steve Moran (as E.J. Denecky) Steve Moran (as E.J. Denecky) See fewer	The Silver Horde (1920)
William Ellingford Dan Morgan (as William Ellenford) Dan Morgan (as William Ellenford) See fewer	Polly Ann (1917)
Mae Talbot Mrs. Morgan (as Mary Talbot) Mrs. Morgan (as Mary Talbot) See fewer	Gloriana (1916)