The Helpful (?) Sisterhood
About The Helpful (?) Sisterhood
Mary, a poor girl at high school, is asked into a sorority while her friend Sophie is left out. She steals a club assessment to pay for a dance, then shoplifts stockings and a roll of silk. A house detective takes her and another girl to the manager. The firm's silent partner, father of the member Mary robbed, questions her until she confesses. He takes both girls to the sorority and tells them that character, not money, is the measure of a person.
Cast & crew
More about The Helpful (?) Sisterhood
Van Dyke Brooke directed the two-reeler from a story by Margaree P. Dryden. Vitagraph released it through General Film Company on March 31, 1914. Silent Era notes that the question mark is printed in the title cards.
Themes
Preservation
A Vitagraph export print made for London survives.
Notes
- Norma Talmadge plays Mary. Mary Maurice plays her grandmother, Marie Weirman plays Sophie, and Mary Anderson plays Alice.
- Leo Delaney is the detective. Van Dyke Brooke also plays Mr. Vardon.
- Silent Era records a surviving Vitagraph Company (London) export print.
Scenes
- Mary steals stockings and a roll of silk in the shop.
- The partner takes the girls back to the sorority and the club is dissolved.
Also available
- Internet Archive (publicdomainTheHelpfulSisterhood)
