The Cup of Life (1915)
Overview
Sisters Helen and Ruth Fiske work in a department store and live in an East Side tenement. While Ruth is satisfied with her "regular fellow," a mechanic, Helen yearns for fine clothes, wealth, and attention. Ruth marries the mechanic and they struggle for a modest existence. Helen leaves her squalor to be the mistress of wealthy John Ward, despite Ruth's pleas. As the years pass, Helen goes from one man to the next, looking for more luxuries. When James Kellerman, who really loves her, proposes, she laughs at him.
Cast
Bessie Barriscale
Helen Fiske
Enid Markey
Ruth Fiske
Charles Ray
John Ward
Frank Borzage
Dick Ralston
J. Barney Sherry
James Kellerman
Louise Glaum
Irene Bullard
Harry Keenan
John Standing
Howard Hickman
Higsby
Jerome Storm
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