The High Cost of Living (1912)
Forbidden from marrying the man she loves by her wealthy businessman father because he is too poor Mildred Lord determines to find a solution. Attempting to live within the means her fiancée could afford, she finds the cost of food exorbitantly high and begins a campaign to force the prices down including taking on her father’s own company.
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Robert Brower as M. G. Lord |
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Jeanie Macpherson as The Maid |
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George Lessey as Tracy-Mildred's sweetheart |
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Miriam Nesbitt as Mildred Lord |