Donald O'Brien

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

Molly is a young woman who out of desperation after failing to find work steals a pocketbook from a society woman, Blanche Armstrong. This act leads her into a legal conflict involving the District Attorney, Roger Hackett, who uses the situation to pursue his own lustful interests.