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The Cross-Roads (1912)
Short | Short, Drama
A baby is discovered in a basket hanging to a tree at the cross roads. Mary Spaulding, a washerwoman, passes the spot. She takes the infant to her home. Fourteen years later, Annabel has grown into a bright winsome creature. Mary has sent ...See moreA baby is discovered in a basket hanging to a tree at the cross roads. Mary Spaulding, a washerwoman, passes the spot. She takes the infant to her home. Fourteen years later, Annabel has grown into a bright winsome creature. Mary has sent her to public school and she has therefore not grown up in ignorance. The love between Mary and Annabel is true, both of them seeking only the welfare and happiness of the other. One day Anna delivers a basket of clothes at the home of a wealthy but childless couple named Austin, who have always admired and petted Annabel on the occasion of her visits. They desire to adopt her. They meet with the most strenuous resistance on the part of Mary and Annabel, who refuse to be separated. Finally Mr. Austin succeeds in obtaining Mary's consent. Two years go by and Annabel has become a society girl. She has two admirers, Harry Owen and Bert Matthews, both of whom love her devotedly, but between whom she is unable to decide. Bert one day invited the entire party to go on at automobile tour. They suddenly meet old Mary, now helpless and feeble, a miserable human derelict. Mary falls helplessly in front of the machine and Bert jumps out and scolds her for her awkwardness. Annabel not recognizing Mary at first comes to bet rescue only to discover her long lost foster mother. Bert is filled with repulsion and draws aside, bat Harry rushes forward and greets Mary most cordially. Annabel now knows whom she loves the better. Room is made for Mary in the automobile, but this deprives Annabel of her seat and she and Harry decide to go on foot to the next stop, and the journey they begin together promises to continue through life. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Harry Solter
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Oct 18, 1912 (United States)

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Annabel Spaulding Annabel Spaulding   See fewer
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Harry Owen Harry Owen   See fewer
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