Beckoning Roads (1919)
When Marquita Shay, the adopted daughter of Canadian farmer John Grayson, reaches womanhood, Grayson enrolls her in a St. Louis boarding school where she meets and marries Humphrey Wells, the son of a wealthy financier. Treated like a servant by her in-laws, Marquita leaves the Humphrey's home to return to Grayson. She discovers that Grayson has committed suicide after falling victim to a phony stock deal perpetrated by Wells senior. Time passes and Marquita travels to New York where she becomes secretary to Baron Brinker who, with Wells, swindled Grayson. She brings Wells and Brinker to their financial ruin and reunites with her husband who renounces his father.
- Date of release
- 1919-12-21
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Howard Hickman
Casting
- Bessie Barriscale — Marquita Shay
- Niles Welch — Humphrey Wells
- George Periolat — John Grayson
- Joseph J. Dowling — Baron Brinker
- Emmett King — Henry Wells
- Dorcas Matthews — Mrs. Rose-Gordon Chester
- Thomas Holding — Cecil Barrington
- Gloria Holt — Young Marquita (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Beckoning Roads is a 1919 American silent drama film based on the novel The Call of Life by Jeanne Judson. The novel was originally serialized in Red Book Magazine from August to December 1918.
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