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The Crooked Road (1916)
Short | 30 min | Short, Crime, Drama

The Crooked Road (1916)

Short | 30 min | Short, Crime, Drama

Blind to the finer things of life, Dave Fenton holds sway as the leader of the gang. His companion, Blanche, a shop girl, chafes under Dave's inability to make a big haul. She urges him into a further life of degradation. Nellie, an ...See moreBlind to the finer things of life, Dave Fenton holds sway as the leader of the gang. His companion, Blanche, a shop girl, chafes under Dave's inability to make a big haul. She urges him into a further life of degradation. Nellie, an invalid, confined to a wheelchair, sells newspapers to add to the fund she and her mother are saving for the day when they can go to the country. Dave does her a slight service from which springs an intimate friendship. One night Slinky Joe, one of Dave's gangsters, hears Nell and her mother counting over their little horde of money. He reports to the gang and they plan a raid. Led by Dave they find the hidden savings, but when Dave discovers that it is Nell he is robbing he turns against his companions and after a fight, drives them from the place. Nell makes him see to what end his present mode of life is leading to and he leaves the gang and finds honest work. Blanche, realizing that through Nell she has lost Dave, plans to get even. Slinky tells her of the saving and this Blanche steals. Nell is prostrated over the loss and Dave, believing that some of the gang are responsible, assures Nell that he will get her savings for her. From Slinky he forces a confession that Blanche is the guilty one. He goes to Blanche's room and finds her gone, she having left town after her theft. Dave is ashamed to admit to Nell that he has failed and when Clancy, a ward heeler, offers him a chance to make some easy money, he takes it sending the money to Nell as if it were her money that he recovered. Nell learns of his intended sacrifice for her. Knowing that should he be allowed to go through with his plans for Clancy he will be lost to her, Nell returns the money to Clancy. Dave's regeneration is complete through the discovery of Nell's great love. So great has it proved, in fact, that the moment Nell thought Dave was in danger her love triumphed over her weakness and she walked unaided. Blanche repents of her act and returns the stolen money. She is forgiven and finds her regeneration in the arms of her country lover. With murk of the city far behind Nell and Dave work midst the flowers whither Nell's dream has led them. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Henry King Dave Fenton Dave Fenton See fewer	The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Katherine Burke Nellie Nellie See fewer	Crooked Road (1916)
Jimsy Maye Blanche Blanche See fewer	Nine-Tenths of the Law (1918)
Charles Dudley Slinky Joe Slinky Joe See fewer	Rip Van Winkle (1924)
Mollie McConnell Nellie's Mother Nellie's Mother See fewer	Bare Fists (1919)
Don Bailey Clancy Clancy See fewer	The Shepherd of the Hills (1919)
J.B. Warner Baker (as Jim Warner) Baker (as Jim Warner) See fewer	Big Stakes (1922)