Summary Ne'er-do-well Jack Burkshaw returns home after a 10-year absence to find his widowed mother remarried to wealthy Eugene Alston. Finding himself out-of-place among his newly-acquired relatives, Jack accepts the position as manager of a stock farm owned by his stepfather. Under Jack's management, the farm prospers, winning him the respect of his stepsister Marion. When stepbrother Jerry refuses to marry stenographer Barbara Manning, who is pregnant by him, and instead becomes engaged to socialite Laurel Baxter, Jack, outraged, kidnaps Jerry and forces him to perform manual labor on the farm. Jerry finally comes to his senses and agrees to marry Barbara, and the Alston family accepts Jack as a valuable family member. View more details
Directed : Carlyle Blackwell
Written : Unknown
Stars : Carlyle Blackwell Evelyn Greeley Kate Lester Charles Duncan
Genres : Drama
Release date : Dec 9, 1917
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Production companies : Peerless Productions World Film
Summary Ne'er-do-well Jack Burkshaw returns home after a 10-year absence to find his widowed mother remarried to wealthy Eugene Alston. Finding himself out-of-place among his newly-acquired relatives, Jack accepts the position as manager of a stock farm owned by his stepfather. Under Jack's management, the farm prospers, winning him the respect of his stepsister Marion. When stepbrother Jerry refuses to marry stenographer Barbara Manning, who is pregnant by him, and instead becomes engaged to socialite Laurel Baxter, Jack, outraged, kidnaps Jerry and forces him to perform manual labor on the farm. Jerry finally comes to his senses and agrees to marry Barbara, and the Alston family accepts Jack as a valuable family member. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Dec 9, 1917
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Production companies : Peerless Productions World Film
