Dr. Maurice Costello has just been offered a partnership in a New York office. He proposes marriage to Clara Kimball Young. However, she has to delay the wedding because her sister has died and she needs to go to California long enough to settle the estate and take custody of her niece, Dolores Costello. Unable to wait a month, apparently, Costello breaks the engagement. When Clara returns to New York, she leaves her niece home one day and the leg of the child's doll breaks. Fortunately, since all of New York consists of one block, guess which doctor she brings it to?
I'm not fond of this movie because of the silliness and sentimentality of the plot. More, while Maurice Costello was a fine leading actor for Vitagraph and for many a year to come, his character as a human being left much to be desired. In 1939, he sued daughters Dolores and Helene for support.... despite having had their support in movies like this.
I'm not fond of this movie because of the silliness and sentimentality of the plot. More, while Maurice Costello was a fine leading actor for Vitagraph and for many a year to come, his character as a human being left much to be desired. In 1939, he sued daughters Dolores and Helene for support.... despite having had their support in movies like this.
