Where the Trail Divides


1914

Film Details

Release Date
Oct 12, 1914
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Where the Trail Divides by William Otis Lillibridge (New York, 1907).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

Col. Landers adopts two children, "How," an Indian boy, and Bess, whose parents were killed in an Indian uprising. When the children are grown, How proposes to Bess, whom he has loved since his childhood. She accepts his proposal, thus angering Clayton Craig, Lander's nephew who also wants to marry her. After Lander's death, How is exiled from the ranch, so he and Bess buy new land. One day, after he has been away, How returns to his cabin to see Bess and Craig embracing. How grants Bess her freedom after which she marries Craig and moves to New York. Some time later, How discovers oil on the land that he gave Bess, so he follows them to New York. There he finds that Craig has been unfaithful to Bess. In the end, Bess rejects Craig so that she and How can remarry and find "a trail to happiness together."

Film Details

Release Date
Oct 12, 1914
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Where the Trail Divides by William Otis Lillibridge (New York, 1907).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

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