Spoilers here. The situation is a run-of-the-mill love triangle, in which an attractive young woman, with many suitors, receives proposals from two different men, who are also business partners.
Having made her choice, the young woman marries the business partner who, as it turns out, is addicted to gambling. After a year of marriage and a baby, the husband takes to going out to play cards regularly, leaving his wife at home. The hardworking partner realizes that his irresponsible coworker is embezzling funds from the company to pay his gambling debts; he covers the theft with his own money.
The truly riveting scene in this film is when the irresponsible partner, having lost yet again at cards, calls his wife from the office to inform her that he is going to commit suicide. Henry B. Walthall, as the embezzler, gives a startling and creepy performance in this scene, staring directly into the camera with a grim smile on his face as he plays with the gun. Take a look at this movie.
Having made her choice, the young woman marries the business partner who, as it turns out, is addicted to gambling. After a year of marriage and a baby, the husband takes to going out to play cards regularly, leaving his wife at home. The hardworking partner realizes that his irresponsible coworker is embezzling funds from the company to pay his gambling debts; he covers the theft with his own money.
The truly riveting scene in this film is when the irresponsible partner, having lost yet again at cards, calls his wife from the office to inform her that he is going to commit suicide. Henry B. Walthall, as the embezzler, gives a startling and creepy performance in this scene, staring directly into the camera with a grim smile on his face as he plays with the gun. Take a look at this movie.