Hazel Daly
- 1921
Fancy Charlie (Tom Moore) breaks into an apartment, but finds a cabinet full of burglar tools. This is a clear indication that he is robbing one of his own, and he is caught by the apartment's owner (DeWitt C. Jennings). The owner admits to his profession, but allows Charlie to leave if he will take a thousand dollars with him and prove himself to be an honest citizen in a small town -- that way, the whole town can be fleeced at a later date. Charlie agrees, but once he gets there he decides to go straight for real. He returns a wallet full of money to Jules Fanchette (Tom Ricketts), who is the keeper of the "Clean Air Fund," and becomes a partner in his store. He falls in love with Nellie Brown (Hazel Daly) and becomes one of the town's most popular residents. Ultimately he is nominated for mayor. Then the man who sent him to the town in the first place shows up. He threatens to expose Charlie, but he bravely tells him to go right ahead. Then the truth comes out: Charlie's associate is not a crook at all, but G.B. Lawson, a U.S. senator who plays around with criminology on the side. Lawson had been using Charlie as part of an experiment, and now that he has proven to be an honest man, he backs him in his new political endeavors. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tom Moore, Hazel Daly, (more)
- 1920
Stop Thief was adapted from the popular Broadway comedy of the same name, with Mary Ryan repeating her original stage role. The story revolves around a pair of thieves, Nell Jones (Ryan) and Jack Doogan (Harry Mestayer), and their efforts to go straight. But before they can do so, Nell and Jack decide to pull off one last "big job." To this end, Nell takes a servant's job in the home of a wealthy family, intending to allow Jack access into the house in the dead of night. After several items of value are stolen, Nell's employers are convinced that they themselves are kleptomaniacs, whereupon they hire a detective to protect the house from themselves. The "detective" is none other than Jack, in a classic case of the fox guarding the chicken coop! Ultimately, Nell and Jack are caught in the act, but their employers decide to let them go free -- but only on the condition that the larcenous pair get married immediately and promise steadfastly never to steal again. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1917
This simple scenario is based on a story by Henry Irving Dodge which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. Skinner (Bryant Washburn) is one of those office drudges who works hard but never gets any recognition and who timidly shrinks from his employer -- he's the kind of guy who grows old and gray without ever receiving a promotion. Finally, his wife (Hazel Daly) encourages him to buy a dress suit and, presenting himself at his best, changes his personality. He is finally able to exude the confidence and assurance he never had before, and this helps win him success and a partnership in the firm. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide
- 1917
Financier Thomas Chatterton (John Cossar) pays more attention to business than to his shiftless children -- son Joseph (Webster Campbell) is a drunkard, while daughter Anne (Hazel Daly) and her neglectful husband Vance (U.K. Houpt) are lazy spongers. A friend of Chatterton's, Edith Conway (Mary Charleson), comes to visit this horrible family, and through her credo of only seeing the good in others, turns them all around. Anne becomes an attentive wife to Vance, and he stops hanging around his sleazy society buddies to be with his wife. Joseph, meanwhile, is cured of his desire to drink and becomes an ambitious businessman, and Edith marries him. Director J. Charles Haydon managed to keep this picture from seeming too saccharine -- at least for 1917. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide
