Film

Beckoning Roads

1919 · 50m · Drama

When Marquita Shay, the adopted daughter of Canadian farmer John Grayson, reaches womanhood, Grayson enrolls her in a St. Louis boarding school where she meets and marries Humphrey Wells, the son of a wealthy financier. Treated like a servant by her in-laws, Marquita leaves the Humphrey's home to return to Grayson. She discovers that Grayson has committed suicide after falling victim to a phony stock deal perpetrated by Wells senior. Time passes and Marquita travels to New York where she becomes secretary to Baron Brinker who, with Wells, swindled Grayson. She brings Wells and Brinker to their financial ruin and reunites with her husband who renounces his father.

Bessie Barriscale

Marquita Shay

Niles Welch

Humphrey Wells

George Periolat

John Grayson

Joseph J. Dowling

Baron Brinker

Emmett King

Henry Wells

Dorcas Matthews

Mrs. Rose-Gordon Chester

Thomas Holding

Cecil Barrington

Gloria Holt

Young Marquita (uncredited)

• Howard HickmanDirector
• Harvey GatesWriter
• Jeanne JudsonNovel
• Eugene GaudioDirector of Photography

Release date

December 21, 1919

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Drama