Love (1920)

A young woman Natalie Storm works in a sweatshop and struggles to support her mother and little sister Beatrice Their mother dies and Beatrice suffers from poverty Because of her circumstances Natalie rejects the marriage proposal of Tom Chandler a selfeducated mining engineer He then leaves for South America where he intends to make his fortune To save her sister and herself Natalie becomes the mistress of a wealthy Wall Street magnate Alvin Dunning When he publicly humiliates her however she becomes determined to free herself Meanwhile Chandler discovers a copper mine in South America and returns He is invited to a party at Dunnings home When he meets Natalie as Dunnings mistress he is heartbroken and abruptly leaves Natalie is by now desperate to get away from Dunning She then acquires enough money from a lucky stock tip to leave him