Name: The Cycle of Fate
Released: 1916
Cast: William Machin, Edith Johnson, Bessie Eyton, Wheeler Oakman, Al W. Filson

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Apr 3, 1916

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Selig Polyscope Co.; A Selig Red Seal Play

Distribution Company

V-L-S-E, Inc.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

5 reels

Synopsis

Maybelle Strong and her twin brother Joe, separated as children, grow up to lead dramatically different lives, as the former works as a teacher in a small village, while the latter, now called "Red Hand," belongs to a gang of big city criminals. Sid Aldrich, a member of Joe's gang, goes to the village, and hoping to sell Maybelle as a white slave, he convinces her to return with him and then heavily drugs her. Joe, however, see the same red birthmark on Maybelle's hand that he has on his, and so realizes that Sid's victim is his own long-lost twin. As a result, he kills Sid, after which he takes Maybelle to Doctor Burton for treatment and then, vowing to go straight, moves out West with Mame, his tubercular sweetheart. Meanwhile, Maybelle and Doctor Burton fall in love and begin making plans for their wedding.