The City of Purple Dreams

📅 1918 ⏱️ 70 min 🎭 Drama

📋 Details

🎬 Director

Colin Campbell

✍️ Writers

Edwin Baird, Gilson Willets

🎥 Producers

William Nicholas Selig

🌍 Countries

United States of America

🏢 Production

Selig Polyscope Company

🗣️ Languages

No Language

🎭 Genres

Drama

📖 Overview

Miss Otis nearly hits a derelict with her car, and out of sympathy she gives him some money and advises him to “clean up and keep clean.” Soon after, the derelict meets Esther, an anarchist who involves him in a plot to blackmail a banker. When he realizes that Miss Otis is the banker’s daughter, the derelict tears up the banker’s check but is arrested and committed to an asylum. Esther, who is in love with the derelict, helps him escape, and he resolves to attain a position of wealth and importance. After he earns his fortune, he rejects Esther’s affections and asks Miss Otis to marry him.