Volume II: Filmography

HELEN INTERVENES

January 31, 1915 (Sunday)

Length: 1 reel

Character: Drama

Cast: Helen Badgley (Helen), David H. Thompson (Mr. Carlton, her father), Virginia Waite (Mrs. Carlton, her mother), Ruth Elder (Marion Carter), Leland Benham (her brother), Carey L. Hastings (her mother), Justus D. Barnes (store manager)

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, January 23, 1915:

"Helen, the lovable little daughter of the Carltons, a wealthy couple, makes friends with everybody she meets. In the toy department of a big store she first sees Marion Carter, a pretty salesgirl, and later, with the consent of her mother, her friendship with Marion is continued. The Carltons learn that Marion has a great deal of musical talent, and longs for the opportunity to perfect her violin playing, but the care of her mother and younger brother and sister make this impossible. When the manager of the store decides to cut down the force and Marion is discharged, things look pretty black. But little Helen intervenes in behalf of her friend. The manager finds he cannot withstand the pleadings of this child of five, who seems to regard him as the very nicest man alive, much to his secret delight. Marion receives back her position, and the Carltons help her to get the musical training she desires."

REVIEW, The Morning Telegraph, January 31, 1915:

"When Marion is discharged from the store because the manager has been forced to cut down expenses, Helen Carleton, a rich little girl, intervenes and begs him to give her back her place. He does so, and the Carletons arrange for Marion to get the musical training she desires."

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