The Helping Hand

Overview

In desperation at her mother's illness and their need of money, a young girl determines to go into the underworld in quest of relief, but a woman of the world, touched by her innocence, stops her in time, rebukes the villainous libertine who is about to claim her, and leads the girl back to her home. The act of virtue is rewarded, and the girl obtains work and is about to wed an honorable young man, when the villain learns the fact and stops the wedding with a false accusation. But the worldly woman again comes to the rescue and with a revolver forces the extortionist to retract.

Directed by D.W. Griffith

Top cast

Flora Finch

Mrs. Harcourt

Linda Arvidson

Daisy Harcourt

George Gebhardt

The Man with the Letter / Wedding Guest

A

Anita Hendrie

Jessie Marshall

E

E.T. Moore

David Miles

Charles Inslee

Florence Lawrence

Wedding Guest

Mack Sennett

Wedding Guest

Charles Avery

Man at Brothel

Robert Harron

Messenger

Arthur V. Johnson

Mr. Miller

Marion Leonard

Wedding Guest

H

Herbert Miles

Tom Moore

Man in Office / Wedding Guest

Harry Solter

Bill Wolfe

D

Dorothy Sunshine

Details