A Modern Cinderella (1917)

Joyces mother keeps her younger daughter in the background so that Polly the elder daughter can monopolize all the eligible young men especially Tom Although Tom is Pollys choice she decides to pique his interest by flirting with Harry Joyce who likes Tom herself decides to defeat her sisters plan by having Tom pretend that he likes her Soon the pretense turns to love and Tom proposes to Joyce To test his sincerity Joyce jumps into sharkinfested waters and almost loses her life Tom visits her constantly in the hospital and finds that his operation on her heart was quite successful