A Rich Man's Plaything

A Rich Man's Plaything (1917)

September 30th, 19170h 50min

Drama
0%

Overview

Marie Grandon may have seen more of the world than any nice girl ever would, but her motives remain pure. Marie labors in a New England oyster cannery and dreams of someday crushing the slumlords who prey upon the poor. While on a cruise, "Iron" Lloyd, a millionaire financier and tenement owner, decides to visit the town where Marie lives. Under the name Strange, he gets in a fight and is injured. While recuperating, he meets Marie and she tells him of her dream. Lloyd is intrigued by this and decides to test her. He has his lawyer transfer a huge sum of money to her and makes it look like she inherited it from a distant relative. Marie takes the money, goes to New York, and does exactly what she had planned. Her main target happens to be Lloyd. His business rival, Ogden Deneau, even aligns with her, pretending interest in her cause, but really wanting to ruin Lloyd. Marie, however, had dealings with Deneau a long time ago and plans to crush him too.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

The Sin of Olga Brandt

The Sin of Olga Brandt


Released on: 1915-01-03
Drama

Olga Brandt, a stenographer in the office of Stephen Leslie, an attorney, receives a pitifully small...

Sapho

Sapho


Released on: 1913-10-01
Drama

A woman with a notorious past enchants a student preparing for the foreign service.

The Further Adventures of Stingaree

The Further Adventures of Stingaree


Released on: 1917-06-01
Action, Crime, Drama

The movie serial sequel to the popular original series featuring Stingaree. Both are now lost.

The Wall Flower

The Wall Flower


Released on: 1922-05-01
Drama, Romance

Idalene Nobbin attends a village dance but, due to the constant nagging of her mother, she believes ...

All Souls' Eve

All Souls' Eve


Released on: 1921-02-01
Drama

The wife of sculptor Roger Heath is killed by a maniac because of Roger's madly jealous admirer Oliv...

The Dark Angel

The Dark Angel


Released on: 1925-09-27
Drama

Alan Trent (Ronald Colman), his cousin Gerald Shannon (Wyndham Standing) and neighbor Kitty Vane (Vi...

The Prince of Headwaiters

The Prince of Headwaiters


Released on: 1927-07-09
Drama

Pierre, the maitre d' at the swanky Ritz Hotel in Paris, discovers that he has a son from his former...

Mother Knows Best

Mother Knows Best


Released on: 1928-10-28
Drama

A stage-actress mother and her daughter in a battle-of-wills in a "don't do this, daughter" and "don...

The Drag Net

The Drag Net


Released on: 1928-05-01
Crime, Drama

A 1928 silent film crime drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Picture...

The Last Moment

The Last Moment


Released on: 1928-02-15
Drama

A man drowns himself in lake. As he is dying, he recalls the crucial moments of his life and the inc...

Young Nowheres

Young Nowheres


Released on: 1929-10-20
Drama, Romance

Young Nowheres is a 1929 American drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Richard Barthelmes...

Waifs

Waifs


Released on: 1914-01-17
Drama

The waif came to live with the unsuspecting old shoemaker. Then a homeless newsboy followed. One fri...

A Nest Unfeathered

A Nest Unfeathered


Released on: 1914-02-14
Drama

At her dying mother's bedside, Kate promises to bring her young brother into manhood. Eager to gain ...

Vera, the Medium

Vera, the Medium


Released on: 1917-01-04
Drama

Vera, a woman of questionable character places a wager that she will be able to destroy a happy marr...

His Nemesis

His Nemesis


Released on: 1914-11-18
Drama

With ruin staring him in the face, Manning, of Manning and Company, commits a theft which averts the...

A Yankee Princess

A Yankee Princess


Released on: 1919-04-21
Comedy, Drama

A Yankee Princess is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film produced and distributed by the Vitagr...

A Fighting Colleen

A Fighting Colleen


Released on: 1919-11-22
Comedy, Drama

Young and spunky Alannah, an Irish immigrant living in a tenement, sells newspapers to support her f...

The Spirit of the Lake

The Spirit of the Lake


Released on: 1921-10-30
Drama, Western

The Spirit of the Lake is a 1921 American silent short Western drama film produced by Cyrus J. Willi...

The Vermilion Pencil

The Vermilion Pencil


Released on: 1922-03-19
Drama

The Vermilion Pencil is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn, and produced and ...

Forget Me Not

Forget Me Not


Released on: 1922-07-23
Drama

Young mother Mary Gordoon is too poor to take care of her infant daughter, Ann, and leaves the child...