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powered by AFI  Clem Hawley, a kind but chronicly lazy man, is
called "The Old Soak" by people in his Nassau County hometown
because he also is a chronic drunk. His serious wife Matilda,
who has tried her best to keep the family from bankruptcy, asks
her cousin, banker Webster Parsons, what to do with some stock
she has saved, and he advises her to keep it because it is
almost worthless. Meanwhile, their son Clemmie, who has a good
job in the city, but who has been playing the stock market to
get money to court showgirl Ina Heath, goes to Webster for a
loan. Webster agrees, but only if Clemmie "borrows" his mother's
stock as collateral. Some time later, when daughter Lucy
announces her engagement to the wealthy Tom Ogden, Matilda
happily goes to her safe