Film

The Higher Destiny

1916 · 20m · Drama

A physician advises Helen Blair to seek a different climate. She is without money. Philip Cobb, her daughter's sweetheart, tells them his employer, Richard Standing, has refused him an increase. Thus Mrs. Blair discovers the whereabouts of Standing, whom she rejected years before to marry Blair. Standing treats her savagely when she appeals to him. His son, John, overhears the conversation and, seeing the girl, forces them to take the necessary funds to save the mother. The father discovers his love affair and sends him to Honolulu. The jealous Cobb gets a letter from a friend there and forges a new note telling that young Standing has become a drunkard. Ailene and Cobb are married. John Standing returns after months and he and Ailene learn of the deception. Cobb repents his deceit and drowns himself.

Warda Howard

Helen Blair

Sidney Ainsworth

Richard Standing

Edward Arnold

John Standing

Patrick Calhoun

Philip Cobb

Gertrude Glover

Ailene Blair

• Charles BrabinDirector

Release date

September 2, 1916

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

20m

Genres

Drama

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