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The Price of a Ruby

The Price of a Ruby

1914Short
ShortDrama

Amy Lester is employed in a department store. One day she faints just as Mary Starr, a rich young philanthropist, enters. Miss Starr takes her into her home for a few days. Yielding to a kindly impulse, Miss Starr takes a box of j...

Director
Harry Myers
Writers
N/A
Stars
Harry Myers, Rosemary Theby, Jean Armour
Release Date
February 18, 1914
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Harry Myers
Harry Myers
as Ralph Johnstone
Rosemary Theby
Rosemary Theby
as Amy Lester
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Jean Armour
as Mary Starr
Earl Metcalfe
Earl Metcalfe
as The Doctor
Raymond Hackett
Raymond Hackett
as Dick Johnstone - age 7

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Lubin Manufacturing Company

🎯 Categories

DramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

Wakeful sympathy with the heart of the public
by deickemeyer2018-05-25

"A pretty melodrama of pathos with many lively scenes in which artfully made sets and fine photography play an important part. The author, Eleanor Kinkhead. in putting the play together, has shown wakeful sympathy with the heart of the public, and, using the dear, old things that we all like in a picture, has succeeded in making a decidedly pleasant impression. The players, Rosemary Theby and Harry Myers in the leads, do commendably and help a great deal. The story deals with the .great sorrow a theft of a ruby brings to a young woman. She is not prosecuted, but has to toil for long years in pr..."

📖 Synopsis

Amy Lester is employed in a department store. One day she faints just as Mary Starr, a rich young philanthropist, enters. Miss Starr takes her into her home for a few days. Yielding to a kindly impulse, Miss Starr takes a box of j...