Hard Boiled (1919)

A musicalcomedy troupe headed by prima donna Corinne Melrose is stranded in the little town of Nilesburg Arizona when the shows manager leaves town with all the money When Corinne spends her last cent on a train ticket for one of the girls she is advised by the station agent to seek assistance from a kindhearted old lady called Aunt Tiny Colvin Aunt Tiny takes Corinne in but confesses that she too is in dire financial straits because the moneylender to whom she owes 200 Deacon Simpson has demanded repayment The deacon a married man becomes enamored of Corinne and makes improper advances towards her Corinne threatens to expose his behavior to his wife and the townspeople unless he surrenders Aunt Tinys bank notes and to avoid the scandal he complies Billy Penrose a tenor who is in love with Corinne arrives in Nilesburg with news of vaudeville openings in New York but she has become enchanted by the little town and convinces him to settle there with her From AFI