The Pit (1914)
50m
Running Time
December 28, 1914Release Date
Plot.
Novice businessman Curtis Jadwin is introduced to the world of grain speculation by veteran broker Charles Cressler. At a performance of Faust, Curtis meets and falls in love with Laura Dearborn, the sweetheart of artist Sheldon Corthell. Curtis pursues Laura and finally convinces her to marry him, but soon after their wedding, he neglects her for his business. In her loneliness, Laura renews her relationship with Sheldon and the lovers plan to elope. When Curtis is ruined on the market, however, Laura rejects her lover and comforts her husband.
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Cast & Crew.

Wilton Lackaye
Jadwin

Chester Barnett
Landry

Milton Sills
Corthell

Alec B. Francis
Cressler

Julia Stuart
Aunt Wess

J. Gunnis Davis
Crookes's clerk

Hattie Delaro
Mrs. Cressler

George Ingleton
Jadwin's butler

Gail Kane
Laura

Jessie Lewis
Page

W.A. Orlemond
Cressler's clerk

Edward Roseman
Crookes

Bert Starkey
Scannell

Simeon Wiltsie
Hargus

Maurice Tourneur
Director

Frank Norris
Novel
Details.
This Movie Is About.
lost film