The Overcoat

1916 · 87 min

Belle, a girl of the dance halls, is seated at a beer table in the notorious "Turkey Trot" dancehall. Maurice Norton, a cast-off rich man's son, just released from prison, thinly clad and minus an overcoat to protect him from the winter's cold, wanders into the saloon. Belle strikes up an acquaintance with him and he arouses her admiration when she realizes he has offered to spend his last three dollars on her. Sharp, a detective, seated nearby in the dancehall, has recognized the ex-convict.