Curly

Release Date:   December 11, 1915
Distributor:   Mutual
Reels:   3
Brand:   Clipper
Genre:   Drama
Director:   Donald MacDonald
Confirmed Cast:   Lottie Pickford, William Russell, Charlotte Burton, Eugenia Forde, George Periolat, Lizette Thorne, George Clancy,
Story Summary:
Arthur Brewster, a wealthy young man, is a worker in the slums. He has founded the Good Hope Mission when he comes upon Curly, a girl whose womanhood is budding in the mire of evil surroundings. He rescues the girl from the vileness of Mrs. McCarty, a drunken old woman with whom she lives. Curly becomes his devoted friend and repays the kindness he has shown her when she saves him from a murderous attack of a couple of thugs. Brewster gives Curly work at the Mission and under his influence a new life is opened up for the girl. Roland and Isabel Morrisey have squandered their patrimony and have become social pirates, living by their wits. To recoup their fortune, which will enable them to continue the high social life which they have lived. Isabel sets her cap for Brewster and succeeds in becoming the young man's betrothed. Meanwhile, Roland desperately in need of money, has decided to convert some securities which he long has held for the unknown heir of Captain Harley Peters. Isabel notes with jealousy Curly's adoration for Brewster and she and her brother concoct a plot. The evil plan works out and Curly is accused of the theft of some rings belonging to Miss Morrissey. Things indeed look black for the girl, until the watchful eye of old Tim McGraw comes to her aid. He discovers circumstances which prove Curly's innocence. Then Mrs. McGraw is taken fatally ill. on her deathbed she confesses that Curly is the rightful heiress to Capt. Peters' fortune. Peters had left the girl years ago in her care and had been lost at sea. Brewster and Curly go to Morrissey's office. Roland and his sister are apprehended before they can flee with the Peters' securities. Brewster removes the solitaire from Isabel's hand and the diamond circlet is placed by him on the finger of Curly, the girl he has grown to love. - Moving Picture World, December 1915
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