The Midnight Burglar
Cast & Crew
Bert Ensminger
Gloria Joy
Neil Hardin
Ethel Ritchie
Charles Dudley
Mrs. Pepprell
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Synopsis
Marylee Depue's father, John Cromwell Depue, refuses to improve the unsanitary living conditions in his tenements, even though many of the tenants have become ill. John's wife Emily, who is involved in charity work only because it is fashionable among her friends, takes Marylee on an excursion through the tenements, where the child sees genuine suffering for the first time in her life. At a ball given by her mother, Marylee, who is dressed as a slum child, collects money for the poor, and later that night, she steals away to the tenement to visit Jones, whose wife has contracted typhoid. Determined to help the sick woman, Marylee steals a large basket of food from her own house and gives it to Jones, but he takes her back home when she becomes ill. Overjoyed to learn that Marylee's sickness was brought on by eating too many cakes with jam, John and Emily vow to lower the rents and clean up the tenements.
Director
Bert Ensminger
Cast
Gloria Joy
Neil Hardin
Ethel Ritchie
Charles Dudley
Mrs. Pepprell
Daniel Gilfether
Ruth Lackaye
Frank Erlanger
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Notes
The film's original title was Marylee Mixes In.
