Ok, so I found this in my folder of movies, and I couldn't remember what happened in it. That should have told me something. It's based on a play of the same name by Esther Lynd Day.
Flint Dawson is the owner and general manager of a steel mill. He's in the way of a merger so Jim conspires to have him involved in an accident. After that, he manipulates Flint's wife and takes control of the company to the point where when Flint gets out of the hospital, he's unemployed, broke and alone. Flint's wife has taken their daughter and fled to England.
Now Flint uses his business sense to start a union of beggars. He goes nationwide with it, and the beggars become rich enough to take care of themselves and each other. At that point, Flint is ready to exact his revenge on the man who ruined his life.
His daughter is now grown and in love with Jim's nephew. She's determined to discover more about her guardian, who has taken care of her since her mother died. When she overhears Flint's revenge plan, she abandons that plan and flees the scene.
The movie was pretty weird. After a while, I remembered it, but I still think it's strange. I don't understand how the whole stock market thing worked, so that went over my head. I think my favorite part was the short scene with the dog. Other than that, the characters weren't super deep, and I felt like a lot of the scenes went on for longer than they did. For a movie that lasted an hour and 15 minutes, it felt longer.
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