String Beans is a 1918 American comedy silent film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by Julien Josephson. The film stars Charles Ray, Jane Novak, J. P. Lockney, Donald MacDonald, Al W. Filson and Otto Hoffman. The film was released on December 29, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.
As described in a film magazine, Gordon Carbhoy (Ray), the spoiled son of wealthy father James Carbhoy (French) who owns several railroads, is sent out by his father to turn $5,000 into $100,000, which the son claimed to be able to do. Gordon meets Silas Mallinsbee (Nichols) at Buffalo Falls, where the son is eager to have the railroad build a station at that point. Mallinsbee cannot come to an agreement with David Slosson (McKim), the representative of Gordon's father. Gordon takes things into his own hands and makes a captive of Slosson. When his father shows up, Gordon takes him captive also. Using his father's code, Gordon orders a train crew to come to Buffalo Falls and construction of the station begins. After work is well underway, Gordon brings his report to his father, who is proud of his son. By then the little love affair between Gordon and Hazel, daughter of Mallinsbee, comes to a head, and Hazel promises to become Gordon's wife.
Directed byVictor Schertzinger GenresComedy-drama ActorsCharles Ray, Charles K. French, Margery Wilson, Lydia Knott Rating64% Isaac Nelson (French) is the tight-fisted president of a country bank and owns a farm, where his son Everett (Ray) works long hours every day, even on Sundays. Everett wears his father's cast-off clothes, and after his mother (Knott) buys him a mail order suit, Everett goes to a Fourth of July picnic. The father sees his wife doing on the farm doing the son's work and then trashes the son. Everett Nelson run off to the big city and gets a job as a janitor at a theater. There he meets a showman who puts him in a cabaret as a country dancer doing the "clodhopper slide," making $200 a week. Back in his hometown, rumors start to spread about Everett, creating a run on Mr. Nelson's bank. Everett's girlfriend, Mary Martin (Wilson), goes to New York to ask him for help and sways him to return home. Everett saves the bank and he and Mary get married.
Lorsque son père Jimmy Ashe décide de lui confier la direction de l'usine, Jimmy Jr. hésite mais finit par accepter. Il va se retrouver aux prises avec Moran, un homme d'affaires corrompu, mais il va aussi trouver l'amour...