Movie

The Third Ingredient (1917)

• April 14, 1917
• 26m

• Drama

“"If they only had an onion their heaven would be complete."”

Overview

Hetty Pepper (a discharged department store worker) and Cecilie (a starving miniature-painter) try to make a beef and potato stew in a low-rent New York apartment building. While they have the meat and the potatoes, they desperately need an onion to tie the meal together—which serves as a metaphor for the human connection and grace needed to complete their lives.

Director

Thomas R. Mills

Writers

O. Henry

Starring

Mildred Manning, Alice Mann, J. Frank Glendon