Caprices of Fortune (1912) Online
Will Steadman, a hopeful but a meagerly-endowed young man, was madly in love with his wealthy second cousin, Bertha Steadman. He has asked her mother for her hand and she reminds him that his present station forbids such a union. Thereupon he asks: "Auntie, if I make my fortune, may I hope to marry Bertha?" Auntie makes a very noncommittal reply; but with that, Will starts out to seek his fortune, Clara, a maid at the Steadman's, has long been secretly in love with Will. She is nearby and cannot help but hear Will as he asks for the hand of Bertha. Her hope of months turns to havoc in her heart, desire is mastered by fear till she hears the aunt reply. Will is away now and Clara steals to the room which once was his, to fondle the things he had touched and gather little souvenirs he had left behind. It was thus she came to find a bit of a torn up portrait of Will and an old lottery ticket which he had forgotten. Will goes first to Homestead in Pennsylvania, hoping to find something ...
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Julia Stuart | - | Mrs. Steadman, Bertha's Mother |
 | Barbara Tennant | - | Bertha Steadman, the Cousin |
 | Lamar Johnstone | - | William Steadman, Seeking His Fortune |
 | Clara Goodstadt | - | Clara Good, Lady's Companion |
| Mathilde Baring | - | Maid at Steadman's |
 | Isabel Lamon | - | Fortune, a Vision |
 | Ilean Hume | - | Stenographer at the Homestead |
 | Robert Frazer | - | Charles Nichols, Bertha's Fiancee |
 | George Larkin | - | Steve Gordon, a Gambler |
| Jay Reid | - | Superintendent at the Homestead |
 | Alec B. Francis | - | Sir Reginald Atwood, an English Tourist |
| Leslie Stowe | - | Saloonkeeper |
| Louis R. Grisel | - | An Old Crazed Visionary Prospector |
 | Charles Morgan | - | Waiter at the Mexican Cabaret |
 | Will E. Sheerer | - | Buck Robbins, Cowboy |
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