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  • Where Paths Meet (1912)
  • Short | Drama, Short
Where Paths Meet (1912)
Short | Drama, Short

Old Reuben Ward has a pretty daughter who helped him keep house by working behind a store counter. The girl had a young lover and their acquaintance had reached that stage when an engagement was entered into. James Bright purchased the ...See moreOld Reuben Ward has a pretty daughter who helped him keep house by working behind a store counter. The girl had a young lover and their acquaintance had reached that stage when an engagement was entered into. James Bright purchased the ring for his bride-to-be and made his way to Reuben's home for the purpose of presenting the ring to little Alice. The girl was not proof against flattery and earlier in the day had listened to the honeyed accents of a chance admirer who came to the store. She foolishly made an appointment with him for that evening. Probably she would not have kept the appointment, but her father and fiancé fell to drinking. This disgusted the girl and she sought temporary relief from the alcoholic atmosphere, in the auto of her admirer. From the automobile ride to the glided glories of Broadway was an easy and logical step. As the girl entered on this path her lover chose a parallel path, with alcohol as the guide. After a few months poor Alice, being cast off by her deceiver, penniless and faint staggers into a low saloon to obtain drink. She had not the money to pay for the spirits she ordered. She was insulted by one of the saloon loungers. There was a quarrel and a row and she was rescued from further degradation by a man who was unrecognizable at first. It was her former lover, James Bright. So their paths had met in a low saloon and from practically the same causes. But James Bright kept himself together and took the poor girl home to her father. He reproached the latter with the bad example he had set. The father then swore off from the temptations of alcohol in the future, and so with promise of a better life all three cast off their old habits and the story concludes with James Bright producing the wedding ring for his recovered bride-to-be. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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J. Farrell MacDonald (as Farrell MacDonald)
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Updated Apr 1, 1912

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Apr 1, 1912 (United States)

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8 cast members
Name Known for
Margarita Fischer
Alice Ward Alice Ward   See fewer
Harry A. Pollard
James Bright - Alice's Sweetheart James Bright - Alice's Sweetheart   See fewer
Edward LeSaint
Reuben Ward - Alice's Father (as E.J. LeSaint) Reuben Ward - Alice's Father (as E.J. LeSaint)   See fewer
Joe Moore
Tommy Ward Tommy Ward   See fewer
Eddie Lyons
Arthur Veritey (as Ed. Lyons) Arthur Veritey (as Ed. Lyons)   See fewer
Hayward Mack
Reginald Cleaver (as H.S. Mack) Reginald Cleaver (as H.S. Mack)   See fewer
Ethel White
Violet Dale Violet Dale   See fewer
Murdock MacQuarrie
Leonard Murray Leonard Murray   See fewer
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