The Cup of Life

The Cup of Life

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 26, 1915

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Cup of Life

Production Companies

New York Motion Picture

Director

Thomas H. Ince

Description

Sisters Helen and Ruth Fiske work in a department store and live in an East Side tenement. While Ruth is satisfied with her "regular fellow," a mechanic, Helen yearns for fine clothes, wealth, and attention. Ruth marries the mechanic and they struggle for a modest existence. Helen leaves her squalor to be the mistress of wealthy John Ward, despite Ruth's pleas. As the years pass, Helen goes from one man to the next, looking for more luxuries. When James Kellerman, who really loves her, proposes, she laughs at him.