Word: rhoda
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...capitalist is not as easy as you think. John Graham, youngest director of the banking house of Graham & Co., was seriously handicapped by having on his hands simultaneously one of the world's greater fortunes, a labor war in a coal district, and a love affair with socialistic Rhoda, who will have none of him unless he first gets rid of his money...
Pressure is brought to bear on all sides, pushing him industriously in carefully differentiated directions. He feels that to shirk the responsibilities of his wealth would be cowardly. He wants to deal justly and humanely with the men in his coal mines, with the public, with Rhoda, with his firm, most of whose members are related to him. Rhoda refuses to believe in his good faith or in the limitations of his power for good...
...which has given him the gift of healing. He has come into the home of Matthew Beeler where the causes Mrs. Beeler to walk after she has been helpless for five years. Great crowds gather awaiting his coming and his help. But he has met Mrs. Beeler's niece, Rhoda Williams and has loved her. Through this love his purpose wavers, he doubts and he loses his power of healing. And yet it is through this same love of Rhoda, with his full knowledge of her, that he conquers his own weakness and recovers his gift. They had planned...
...notice of the performance would be incomplete without mention of the consummate skill and great delicacy shown by the actors in their readings of the lines. Mr. Miller was well suited by temperament for the part he has to play. Jessie Bonstelle as Rhoda showed a very sensitive comprehension of her character and succeeded in producing the illusion for us. The whole cast bore witness to most careful selection and training...
...cast is as follows: Ulrich Michaelis, Henry Miller Matthew Beeler, Harold Russell Mary Beeler, his wife Mabel Bert Martha Beeler, his sister Lillian Dix Annie Beeler his daughter Gladys Hulette Rhoda Williams, Mrs. Beeler's niece, Jessie Bonstelle Dr, George Littlefield, Theodore Friebus Rev. John Culpepper, Edward See Uncle Abe, and old Negro Robert McWade Lazarus, an Indian boy, James Hagan A Young Mother, Laura Hope Crews