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The Beaten Path (1913)
Short | Short, Drama

The Beaten Path (1913)

Short | Short, Drama

Two refined gentlemen, Randolph Thorne and G.E. Lacelles Hall, are neighbors. They quarrel over the dividing line of their estates, Thorne flaunting a paper in the faces of Hall and his son, Arnold, which he says will prove that he is ...See moreTwo refined gentlemen, Randolph Thorne and G.E. Lacelles Hall, are neighbors. They quarrel over the dividing line of their estates, Thorne flaunting a paper in the faces of Hall and his son, Arnold, which he says will prove that he is right in his contention. The reaction of the argument has a detrimental effect upon Hall, and his son determines to purloin the paper. That night as he is stealing it, he is seen by Thorne, who follows him to his home. Hall, feeling that he is to blame for his son's predicament, offers himself to be arrested, and he is led away to prison. His incarceration brings on an illness that has its sequel in death. This causes a great deal of suffering to two innocent young people, Chester Thorne, who did much to have his father take less drastic measures, and Barbara, the beautiful unworldly daughter of Lacelles Hall, who had not long been home from school. The action of Thorne also drove Caspar Black, the betrothed of Barbara away, and also determined the brother of Barbara to go to the northwest to forget the occurrence. It was many years after the death of her father before Barbara ventured outside of her own house. One day her maid, Laura, persuaded her to take a little exercise by playing tennis, and as she was about to throw the ball to Laura, the unresponsive muscles of her arm deviated the course of the ball and it hit Randolph Thorne in the eye as he sat reading for the hundredth time the Thorne diary dating back to 1600. She recovered the ball, apologized and Chester, having caught a glimpse of her, determined to meet her again. When she returned to her home, a vision of Chester appeared before her, begging her to throw away the Hall diary, which dates back to 1700, and seek happiness. She threw the book out of the window and it fell in front of Chester who happened to be passing. He picked it up. Barbara came down and in his confused state he handed her his family diary. Each read the other's diary with interest and as the days went on Barbara, with a vengeance in her heart for the death of her father, encouraged Chester. Some time later Chester invited her to a dance, where she was denounced as a convict's daughter by Caspar Black. Chester went to her aid, but she proclaimed his father as being the instigator of her family's troubles. Leaving his side she ran directly into Black, who fell down the stairs and was killed. In order to reflect the crime in his direction Chester threw his card and glove beside the dead man. He left for the west, where death overcame him in a forest fire, while in the east death also claimed Barbara. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Barbara Tennant Barbara Lacelles Hall Barbara Lacelles Hall See fewer	The Infidel (1922)
O.A.C. Lund Chester Randolph Thorne Chester Randolph Thorne See fewer	Together (1918)
Alec B. Francis Randolph Thorne Randolph Thorne See fewer	Oliver Twist (1933)
Julia Stuart Mrs. Randolph Thorne Mrs. Randolph Thorne See fewer	Life's Whirlpool (1916)
Will E. Sheerer George Edward Lacelles Hall George Edward Lacelles Hall See fewer	Graft (1915)
Hector Dion The Man Who Died The Man Who Died See fewer	King Lear (1916)