The Helping Hand Trailer (1908)

29 December 1908 Drama 15 mins

In desperation at her mother's illness and their need of money, a young girl determines to go into the underworld in quest of relief, but a woman of the world, touched by her innocence, stops her in time, rebukes the villainous libertine who is about to claim her, and leads the girl back to her home. The act of virtue is rewarded, and the girl obtains work and is about to wed an honorable young man, when the villain learns the fact and stops the wedding with a false accusation. But the worldly woman again comes to the rescue and with a revolver forces the extortionist to retract.

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Cast

Flora Finch as Mrs. Harcourt

Linda Arvidson as Daisy Harcourt

George Gebhardt as The Man with the Letter / Wedding Guest

Anita Hendrie as Jessie Marshall

E.T. Moore

David Miles

Charles Inslee

Florence Lawrence as Wedding Guest

Mack Sennett as Wedding Guest

Charles Avery as Man at Brothel

Robert Harron as Messenger

Arthur V. Johnson as Mr. Miller

Marion Leonard as Wedding Guest

Herbert Miles

Tom Moore as Man in Office / Wedding Guest

Harry Solter as Bill Wolfe

Crew

D.W. Griffith Director

Arthur Marvin Director of Photography

D.W. Griffith Writer

International Releases Dates

United States 29 December 1908

Production Companies

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

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