The Stepping Stone (1916)
• March 27th, 1916 • 0h 50min
Drama
Overview
Layabout Al Beresford is in a position of responsible in the brokerage film he works in only because of his smart and self-sacrificing wife Mary. While he dawdles and wastes his time she works behind the scenes to complete his work in order to save his position. One day when Al is out wandering Mary delivers important documents she's completed to Wall Street broker Elihu Jasper. He in turn is charmed by her and offers Al a job, though he recognizes his worthlessness. Jasper offers him many tips and with Mary's support Al prospers. Foolishly not realizing it is due to the work of others Al leaves Mary and is soon ruined, taking desperate measures he frees Mary to enjoy a life with Elihu.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Evening Clothes
Released on: 1927-03-19
Comedy, Drama
Attracted by his wealth, avaricious Germaine marries D'Artois, then leaves him for a more sophistica...
Leichtsinn und Genie
Released on: 1919-04-01
Drama
The romantic dalliances of stage actor Edmund Kean with both a married woman and a young wannabe act...
Die Kwannon von Okadera
Released on: 1920-12-02
Drama
Harlander, a media mogul and war profiteer, has been told that he has six months before his sanity w...
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
Released on: 1922-11-01
Drama, Horror, Adventure
In medieval Italy, a group of men plot to kill a cruel and despotic duke.
Great Expectations
Released on: 1917-01-08
Drama
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that h...
Learning to Be a Father
Released on: 1915-06-26
Drama
Captain Silas Tugg, of the schooner Helen, is a hater of women and all their doings. He has forbidde...
A Night of Thrills
Released on: 1914-12-13
Comedy, Drama
Hazel and Jack are about to be married. At his death, Hazel's uncle, Howard Wild, has bequeathed to ...
The Girlfriends
Released on: 1936-02-19
War, Drama
Girlfriends Zoya, Natasha and Asya live in Petrograd. Before the Civil War, young heroines are aware...
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Released on: 1920-02-29
Drama, Crime
The saga of Alias Jimmy Valentine began with the O. Henry story "A Retrieved Reformation". This surp...
The Greater Strength
Released on: 1915-05-17
Drama
After accidentally injuring a friend in a wrestling match and swearing off violence of any kind, Dr....
The Broken Window
Released on: 1915-05-12
Comedy, Drama
A group of boys are playing baseball on a playground, and one of them hits the ball over the fence, ...
One Summer's Sequel
Released on: 1915-05-03
Drama
Mary, a farmer's daughter in New England. The summer boarders who had been staying at her family's f...
Wife Wanted
Released on: 1915-04-28
Comedy, Drama
Andy is searching for a woman whose photo he found in an envelope with the challenge "Find me." Mean...
The Cry of the First Born
Released on: 1915-09-23
Drama
Owing to his father's illness, Cecil Crenwell is sent to inspect the family rice plantation in Hawai...
The Spurs of Sybil
Released on: 1918-03-04
Drama
Heiress Sybil Drew is told by her Aunt Annabelle she must earn her own living for a year or be disin...
Captain of His Soul
Released on: 1918-02-10
Drama
At the suggestion of his sons Horace and Henry, aging Ebenezer Boyce turns over control of his pisto...