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Jimmy Dugan, a worker in a machine shop, is in love with Anita Muldoon. Rough and uncouth, caring little for dress and the niceties of society, but honest at heart and with a wealth of affection when stirred, Jimmy is baffled by the ...See moreJimmy Dugan, a worker in a machine shop, is in love with Anita Muldoon. Rough and uncouth, caring little for dress and the niceties of society, but honest at heart and with a wealth of affection when stirred, Jimmy is baffled by the attitude of Anita, who does not receive his attentions sincerely. Anita lives with her father and mother, who eke out a bare existence. The family was once in prosperous circumstances, but Muldoon's old-fashioned ways have finally forced him to take a place in the same mill where Jimmy works, as a bookkeeper at a menial salary. Ian Paulson, who is cashier in the mill, thinks a lot of Jimmy in a friendly way, and tries to learn what is troubling him, but Jimmy refuses to tell what worries him. Jimmy has seen Ike, a slum crook and his pal, loitering around the Muldoon house, and being in a grouchy mood, starts to give vent to his wrath upon them, but they leave him. Anita tells her mother that Jimmy is trying to get her to marry him and when asked the reason why she does not, she points to a picture advertisement of a well-dressed man, and says that the man who gets her will have to be a gentleman. Anita makes the acquaintance of Ike, who, in reality, is a runner for "White Slavers." He makes a deep impression on the girl and he easily gains her consent to accompany him to a dance that night. Anita tells her parents that she is going out to a dance with Ike. Her father refuses to let her go, but she defies him, telling him that as he cannot give her any pleasures she intends to get them in her own way. Ike is closely followed by his pal, who is in the scheme to get Anita in the clutches of the white slavers. Jimmy finally goes into the same café and starts drinking. A short time later, he sees Anita come in with Ike and at once concludes she is not "straight," being in company with a known crook. He watches them go upstairs, where there are private rooms. Anita is surprised at the rooms and place she is in, but Ike reassures her and finally gets her in a room. He tries to force his attentions upon her and she screams. Jimmy goes to the rescue. In the fight which follows Ike is beaten up and Jimmy tells Anita she must choose between the crooks and himself. She agrees to marry him (Jimmy) and later they are made man and wife. Jimmy at length realizes how ignorant he is and studies at odd hours. Anita has made the acquaintance of Paulson and the two are together a great deal. Muldoon finally succumbs to temptation and steals money from the company to give his daughter. Jimmy sees the new clothes, and demands an explanation. Anita refuses to explain. Paulson has discovered the shortage in Muldoon's cash and comes to the house to get an explanation. He is met by Jimmy, who tells him he wants a settlement with him about his wife. Paulson is expecting a fight and is very much surprised when Jimmy confesses that he can never win his wife's love and will withdraw in Paulson's favor, as Paulson is a gentleman and can make her happy, but wants his oath that he will be good to the girl. Paulson then tells him of Muldoon's theft and Jimmy, in his complete surrender, says that he will pull off a fake robbery at the plant, take the blame for the loss of funds and thus be forever out of the girl's life. He goes to the mill to fake the robbery, and sneaking in, comes upon Ike and his pal, who are pulling off a real robbery. In the fight which follows the pal escapes and Jimmy is having a hard struggle with Ike, when Paulson and Anita enter and come to his assistance. Paulson has told Anita the full surrender made by her husband, and she then realizes how she has misjudged him. She insists on following him, and so arrives in the nick of time. The story closes happily with husband and wife reconciled. Muldoon makes restitution, and is given another chance to make good with an increased salary. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less