The Crooked Path

The Crooked Path

Drama | July 19, 1915

Lynn and Alan both love Mary. Because he deems it his duty to support his widowed mother, Lynn hides his love although he is the favored suitor. Piqued, Mary becomes Alan's wife. Both boys work in the village bank. Lynn comes upon Alan while the latter is intoxicated and helps him home. Thus Lynn meets Mary for the first time since her marriage. Alan witnesses this meeting. His jealousy aroused, the man orders Lynn from his house. Obsessed by a desire for revenge, Alan steals a sum of money from the bank and falsifies Lynn's books so as to make it appear that the latter had committed the crime.

The Crooked Path

Drama | July 19, 1915

The Crooked Path
Lynn and Alan both love Mary. Because he deems it his duty to support his widowed mother, Lynn hides his love although he is the favored suitor. Piqued, Mary becomes Alan's wife. Both boys work in the village bank. Lynn comes upon Alan while the latter is intoxicated and helps him home. Thus Lynn meets Mary for the first time since her marriage. Alan witnesses this meeting. His jealousy aroused, the man orders Lynn from his house. Obsessed by a desire for revenge, Alan steals a sum of money from the bank and falsifies Lynn's books so as to make it appear that the latter had committed the crime.
Producers Kalem Company
Original title The Crooked Path
Directors Robert G. Vignola
Writers Doty Hobart

Cast

Alice Hollister

as Mary - an Orphan

Arthur Albertson

as Lynn - Alan's Rival

Helen Lindroth

as Mrs. Foster - Lynn's Mother

James B. Ross

as Dade - a Crook

Henry Hallam

as Father Deering - Prison Chaplain