Opportunity and the Man (1911)

• 71%
• 1911
• Drama
• Harry Solter
• Florence Lawrence
• Arthur V. Johnson
• Harry Myers

Arthur Bradley was a rich man, with plenty of egotism and self-sufficiency. He was courting Flora Hamilton. One day while they were walking through the park she lost her chatelaine. It was found and returned by a derelict, who was rewarded for his honesty with a $5 bill. Starting with this he got on his feet and before a great while had secured a position. He rose rapidly, until he was known as one of the successful men of the city. Meanwhile, misfortune had overtaken Bradly. He tries to "bull" a falling stock market and was utterly ruined. Unable to bear up he took to drink and went rapidly from bad to worse. Now Ramsey, the former tramp, became the suitor of Miss Hamilton. She had never cared much for Bradley, but she did care a great deal for Ramsey, even before fortune came to him. They were married and Ramsey bought Bradley's former palatial home and presented it to his wife as a wedding gift. One evening a burglar broke into their home. He was discovered and proved to be Arthur Bradley. Though Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey wanted to let him go the police arrives on the scene and prevented this charitable object, and the fates on their high mountain probably laughed heartily.