The Girl at the Cupola(1912)
SILAS WILSON realizes that his business is being run to the ground, and that he cannot longer compete with the newer foundries unless he makes radical changes in his methods and employees. His workmen have grown old and antiquated in his employ. Through the influence of his daughter, the general managership is passed over to her fiance,—one Jack Berry —a young man, well trained in the school of modern methods.
Movie: The Girl at the Cupola
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Jessie Wilson
Silas Wilson - Jessie's Father
Jack Berry
John Dixon
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