Harrison Bates and his wife are leaders in society. Their daughter, Eleanor, agrees to hold off marriage until her sweetheart, Allan Penfield, has made a success of himself. But then, Mr. Bates reveals that his money is gone.
Harrison Bates and his wife are leaders in society. Their daughter, Eleanor, agrees to hold off marriage until her sweetheart, Allan Penfield, has made a success of himself. But then, Mr. Bates reveals that his money is gone, and he is in debt to the social-climbing Joseph Hudley. Eleanor agrees to wed wealthy Cabot Stanton to save her father, but Stanton dies in a car wreck.—Ulf Kjell Gür