Father and the Boys (1915)

Wealthy stockbroker Lemuel Morewood wants his sons Billy and Tom to learn the business and marry Emily Donelson and Frances Berkeley respectively Billy however is infatuated with Mrs Bruce Guilford a leader of the smart set while Tom loves boxing At a dinner for which Lemuel hires Bessie Brayton an orphan from the West to entertain Lemuel responds to Bessies taunts about being oldfashioned by winning a lot of money gambling with Major Bellamy Didsworth who tries to swindle Bessie and leaves with her to spend it