Margie of the Underworld (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

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Margie of the Underworld (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

In a small hotel a sudden alarm of fire finds the guests compelled to make hasty escapes. Mr. Harris sends his wife out ahead of him with their girl baby, while he loiters to gather some of their valuables. When he does not immediately ...See moreIn a small hotel a sudden alarm of fire finds the guests compelled to make hasty escapes. Mr. Harris sends his wife out ahead of him with their girl baby, while he loiters to gather some of their valuables. When he does not immediately follow, Mrs. Harris gives the baby to a young man, Lawson, to hold for a moment, and she rushes back. The police, coming up to disperse the crowd, will not listen to Lawson when he attempts to explain, and he is clubbed away with the baby in his possession. Angered, he determines to keep the child, and Margie is brought up in the home of a family of crooks. Sixteen years later Margie is discovered, a shoplifter, but with the influences of the city rescue mission, begins to shape her life back to its original destiny. She is persuaded to return the proceeds of her last theft, and when she returns to the rendezvous of the gang empty-handed, George Fox champions her against the wrath of her supposed father, Lawson, and a fight results. Dr. Forsythe, passing through that section of the city, picks George up, badly cut from being knocked through a glass door in the fight, and takes him to his office to dress his wounds. Here George finds opportunity for a rich haul, and becomes reinstated in the good graces of the gang by reporting. The job is planned. Margie, feeling it a dirty trick in repayment of the doctor's kindness, warns him. The doctor is called in to attend to Mrs. Harris, whose mind has been demented by the loss of her child, and who has developed an hallucination that Margie will return, and insists upon waiting at the gate every afternoon at sundown. While the doctor is away, his office is robbed. Returning, he is able to trace the gang through his recollection of the scene of the fight, and suspecting George because he saw the jewels that were stolen. George assists Margie in escaping, but the remainder of the gang are caught. Margie, fleeing, passes the waiting Mrs. Harris, who immediately claims her daughter. The doctor, arriving, recognizes Margie as one of the crooks and is saddened because the shock of the disillusionment will be too much for Mrs. Harris. But the minister, a friend of the doctor, tells him of Margie's reformation, and the doctor finally leads Margie in to play her new part as the daughter of Mrs. Harris. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Lucille Young Margie Harris Margie Harris See fewer	The Strange Story of Elsie Mason (1912)
Madge Philbrick Mrs. Harris - Margie's Mother Mrs. Harris - Margie's Mother See fewer	Margie of the Underworld (1915)
Melvin Mayo Actor Actor See fewer	The Death Warrant (1914)
Jay Morley Actor (as J.A. Morley) Actor (as J.A. Morley) See fewer	The Little Boss (1919)
R. Henry Grey Actor (as R.H. Gray) Actor (as R.H. Gray) See fewer	Twin Kiddies (1917)
Lee Shumway Actor (as Leon C. Shumway) Actor (as Leon C. Shumway) See fewer	Go-Get-'Em, Haines (1936)

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