A Corner in Cotton tells the story of Peggy Ainslee, the daughter of a wealthy New York cotton broker, and John Carter, the son of a Southern cotton mill owner. Peggy grows weary of society life and decides to help improve the lot of the poor by becoming involved with the Settlement movement. She later travels south to investigate working conditions at Carter’s cotton mill. Peggy manages to gain employment there, but soon attracts the unwanted advances of the mill foreman. John saves her from the would-be masher and the couple eventually fall in love. This becomes a problem with their fathers who had become business antagonist. In the end Peggy and John married after she foils her father’s attempt to ruin Carter by cornering the market in cotton and then persuades the two men to settle their differences.
Réalisé parFred J. Balshofer OrigineEtats-Unis GenresPolicier ActeursFred J. Balshofer Note44% Un crime est commis par un gorille échappé de sa cage. Des indices accusent un jeune homme, Jim. Il est jugé et condamné, mais Sherlock Holmes va découvrir que c'est l'animal qui est coupable et il arrive juste à temps pour empêcher l'exécution.