A slick city crook arrives in the town and succeeds in making honest Nell fall in love with him. He then suggests an entertainment with local talent, the while his confederates crack the safe and make off with the town's wealth. Nell, with her faithful but brainless lover, journeys to the city in pursuit of the loot and the looter

Unknown if lost.

Hobbled Hearts comedy short

A Social Cub is a 1916 short silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson