Etta of the Footlights (1914) watch online HD

Etta Lang, a chorus girl, is the principal support of an invalid mother and her sister and brother, not only working at the theater, but looking after their small boarding house. Among their lodgers is Brutus Bellamy, an old actor. He becomes interested in the girl, and offers to teach her acting. She learns rapidly. She arrives at the theater late and is abused by the stage manager, Joseph Burton. Cecil Wentworth, one of the backers of the theater, takes her part and becomes interested in her. Irene St. Maur, the leading lady, throws up her part and leaves the company in the lurch. Etta offers to take her place. The management takes a desperate chance and puts her in. She makes good. Cecil now becomes very attentive to her, but she refuses all his advances. One night, in a pouring rain, he persuades her to let him drive her home in his car. She consents, and he secretly bids the chauffeur drive out to his villa, outside the city limits. Brutus, who is on his way to the theater, sees ...