Waffles (Love) is a Swedish immigrant who is working as a waitress in Coffee Dan's, a San Francisco diner. She is in love with poor composer Carl (Bennett).
Thieves Clara Johnstone (Younge) and Bert Gallagher (Paget) learn about a missing heiress in a newspaper, and convince Waffles that she is the heiress. Waffles moves into a lavish mansion, and plans to buys the diner for its chef Shorty (Davidson), publish Carl's music, and adopt a baby. However, Johnstone breaks up Waffles and Carl, and Waffles becomes engaged to Gallagher. Before the wedding, Carl appears and stops it.
When the real heiress appears, Waffles returns to her original life, but she receives a reward for the capture of Johnstone and Gallagher. With her money, she buys the diner for Shorty, publishes Carl's music, and adopts the baby.[3][8][9][10][11][12]
Bessie Love received positive reviews for her performance in the title role,[7][11][14] called "always pleasing".[7]
The film received mixed reviews. Reviewer George Graves liked the film, but would have preferred it as a straight comedy. He called the direction "adequate".[7] One review called it a "dull story."[15]
References
Notes
^Various publications provide different release dates: December 21,[4] 23,[5] and 24.[6]
^ abcdGraves, George (January 16, 1917). "The Heiress at Coffee Dan's". Motography. Vol. 17, no. 1.
^"Bessie Love in Triangle Drama". La Crosse Tribune. La Crosse, Wisconsin. January 13, 1917. p. 4.
^Collings, Jane (1996). "The Hollywood Waitress". In James, David E.; Berg, Rick (eds.). The Hidden Foundation: Cinema and the Question of Class. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. p. 282. ISBN978-0-8166-2704-2.
