The Fear of PovertyMovie
When her husband Jim strikes it rich, Grace, who has had a lifelong fear of poverty, strictly raises her daughter Florence to accept only luxury. When Florence is old enough to have suitors, she quickly rejects penniless artist Durland and marries rich playboy Alfred Griffin, but soon learns that he is an unfaithful spendthrift, so they soon become bitter enemies. In a final effort to ruin Florence's life, Alfred neatly arranges evidence to make her look like his murderer, then commits suicide, but the butler saw everything and is able to clear Florence of this charge; afterward she rushes to Durland and they plan to get married.
About The Fear of Poverty
The Fear of Poverty is a 1916 drama movie directed by Frederick Sullivan.
The production information lists a runtime of 50m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Florence La Badie, George Marlo, Robert Vaughn, Ethyle Cooke. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
