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The Cup of Life

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.

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  • Bessie Barriscale

    Bessie Barriscale

    Helen Fiske

  • Enid Markey

    Enid Markey

    Ruth Fiske

  • Charles Ray

    Charles Ray

    John Ward

  • Frank Borzage

    Frank Borzage

    Dick Ralston

  • Arthur Maude

    Arthur Maude

    Jack Jordon

  • J. Barney Sherry

    J. Barney Sherry

    James Kellerman

  • Louise Glaum

    Louise Glaum

    Irene Bullard

  • Harry Keenan

    Harry Keenan

    John Standing

  • Howard Hickman

    Howard Hickman

    Higsby

Overview

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.

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