The Cup of Life

Overview

Sisters Helen and Ruth Fiske work in a department store and live in an East Side tenement. While Ruth is satisfied with her "regular fellow," a mechanic, Helen yearns for fine clothes, wealth, and attention. Ruth marries the mechanic and they struggle for a modest existence. Helen leaves her squalor to be the mistress of wealthy John Ward, despite Ruth's pleas. As the years pass, Helen goes from one man to the next, looking for more luxuries. When James Kellerman, who really loves her, proposes, she laughs at him.

Cast

Bessie Barriscale

Helen Fiske

Enid Markey

Ruth Fiske

Charles Ray

John Ward

Frank Borzage

Dick Ralston

Arthur Maude

Jack Jordon

J. Barney Sherry

James Kellerman

Louise Glaum

Irene Bullard

Harry Keenan

John Standing

Howard Hickman

Higsby

Jerome Storm

Sam Dugan