Prosperity

Maggie Warren (Marie Dressler) retires as head of the family bank, ceding her long-held position to her son, John (Norman Foster). John marries Helen (Anita Page), and, despite the antipathy between their mothers, the two live together happily. But when Helen's mother, Lizzie (Polly Moran), accidentally prompts a run on the bank, Maggie learns that John blew their emergency bonds on a get-rich-quick scam. Hoping to save the bank, Maggie sets out on a search for the con men who duped her son.