The Turn in the Road
Cast & Crew
King W. Vidor
George Nichols
Lloyd Hughes
Winter Hall
Helen Jerome Eddy
Pauline Curley
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Synopsis
Paul Perry, the son of Perryville's wealthiest citizen, marries Reverend Matthew Barker's younger daughter Evelyn, while her sister June, who disputes her father's sermons preaching that it is God's will that sends affliction, hides her own love for Paul. When Evelyn dies in childbirth, Paul nearly goes insane. His questions to Reverend Barker about God's role in Evelyn's death shake Barker's faith. Barker's new sermons, focusing on God's love, arouse his wealthy congregation to dismiss him. Meanwhile, Paul searches for God's truth but becomes a derelict in Chicago. June takes Paul's child Bob to Chicago, but returns after being fired for refusing her employer's advances. Paul's father Hamilton, who denies wage increases at his iron works, is about to be shot by his employees, when Bob, now six, visits with his six puppies. His lovable nature subdues the workers, and Hamilton, also softened, complies with their requests. After Paul returns and learns that Bob, whose philosophy of love has touched him, is his own son, his happiness returns.
Director
King W. Vidor
Cast
George Nichols
Lloyd Hughes
Winter Hall
Helen Jerome Eddy
Pauline Curley
Ben Alexander
Charles Arling
Film Details
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Notes
This was King Vidor's first feature-length film as a director and also the first production of the Brentwood Film Corp. The film showed in Los Angeles for eight weeks beginning on December 29, 1918 before Robertson-Cole Co. bought it for releasing through Exhibitors Mutual Distributing Corp.
