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Jenny Jugo plays the long-suffering title character in Pechmaire (Hard Luck Marie). Born with three strikes against her, newsstand girl Marie endures one setback after another. Her luck changes radically when she befriends a good-natured hobo (Willie Schur) who gives her a lottery ticket as a gift. Once she's in the money, Marie tries to rekindle her romance with her house-painter boyfriend (Friedrich Benfer). Alas, he misunderstands the relationship between the girl and her hobo benefactor, thus it takes quite a while before "Hard Luck Marie" is able to drop her uncoveted nickname.