Democracy: The Vision Restored (1920)

• 81%
• 1920
• Drama
• William Nigh
• J.H. Gilmour
• William Nigh
• Leslie Austin

Henry Fortune, a thoroughly corrupt capitalist who is profoundly indifferent to human rights, has two grandsons, John and David. John, sharing his grandfather's autocratic ideals, is made the heir, while idealistic David marries Mary, a sweet blind girl, and goes off to war. Meanwhile, John, advancing rapidly in power, becomes interested in Mary, unaware that she is his brother's wife, and offers a fortune for a physician to cure her. As Mary regains her eyesight, Henry loses his, and John capitalizes on the opportunity to seize his grandfather's holdings. John uses his economic power to gain political power, enunciating his public-be-damned sentiments at the moment that soldier David returns from war. David throws his brother out of an assemblage of capitalists, rescues Mary from John's callousness, and brings his grandfather to the realization that the Fortune millions would be better spent helping mankind.