Name: The Builder of Bridges
Released: 1915
Cast: C. Aubrey Smith, Marie Edith Wells, Jack B. Sherrill, Fred Eric, Edward R. Mawson

Brief Synopsis

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

May 31, 1915

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Frohman Amusement Corp.

Distribution Company

World Film Corp.

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the play The Builder of Bridges by Alfred Sutro (London, 11 Nov 1908).

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

5 reels

Synopsis

Arnold Faringay, a youthful accountant for a New York construction firm, embezzles $20,000 for stock market speculation. After losing the money, he asks for a loan from Walter Gresham, his older sister Dorothy's fiancé, but is turned down. Dorothy, who at the reading of their father's will agreed to protect the family honor, learns that chief engineer Edward Thursfield is the power in the firm. She follows him to Atlantic City, where he is building the largest concrete bridge in the world, and her flirtations are rewarded by Thursfield's proposal of marriage. Upon returning, Thursfield learns of Arnold's indiscretion and replaces the $20,000 to keep Dorothy from learning about it. When Dorothy breaks her engagement to Gresham, he catches Thursfield embracing her, and reveals her ploy. Thursfield angrily leaves, but after Arnold's stock rises and he returns the stolen money and promises to reform, Dorothy convinces Thursfield that she accepted his proposal because she loved him. When last seen, Thursfield and Dorothy ride horses along a prairie trail.