SILENT FILMS 1920s: ROADS OF DESTINY (1921)

CREDITS

Released: April 30, 1921

Production Company: Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

Featured Cast: Pauline Frederick, John Bowers, Richard Tucker, Jane Novak, Hardee Kirkland, Willard Louis, Maude George, Maurice ‘Lefty’ Flynn

Director: Frank Lloyd

Writers: O. Henry (story), J.E. Nash, Channing Pollock (play)

Props: Henry Hathaway

TECH

Sound Mix Silent
Color Black and White
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Film Length 1,510.25 m (5 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format

STORY

David and Lewis Marsh are brothers. Lewis betrays Rose Merritt. When she follows him to his home he refuses to marry her. He is in love with Ann Hardy, who is also loved by his brother David. Ann cared for David but Lewis pleads with this brother not to take Ann from him. While David is undecided what to do he falls asleep and dreams three different dreams, in which the characters in his own domestic tragedy act out the same finish to each episode. The first episode takes place in Alaska, where Ann is the companion of a gambling house keeper and is killed by him for falling honestly in love with a young inventor who loves another woman. The second episode is in the East among a number of society people. The third episode introduces the betrayed woman as a Mexican girl who loves honestly but cannot escape her fate. At the finish David wakes up and decided to marry Ann himself.
Written By: Pamela Short