CinemaOSMovie · 1916 · 0h 20m

The Higher Destiny

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A physician advises Helen Blair to seek a different climate. She is without money. Philip Cobb, her daughter's sweetheart, tells them his employer, Richard Standing, has refused him an increase. Thus Mrs. Blair discovers the whereabouts of Standing, whom she rejected years before to marry Blair. Standing treats her savagely when she appeals to him. His son, John, overhears the conversation and, seeing the girl, forces them to take the necessary funds to save the mother. The father discovers his love affair and sends him to Honolulu. The jealous Cobb gets a letter from a friend there and forges a new note telling that young Standing has become a drunkard. Ailene and Cobb are married. John Standing returns after months and he and Ailene learn of the deception. Cobb repents his deceit and drowns himself.

Directed byCharles Brabin

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 20m
Language
EN
Released
September 2, 1916
Studios
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring
Warda Howard

Warda Howard

Helen Blair

Sidney Ainsworth

Sidney Ainsworth

Richard Standing

Edward Arnold

Edward Arnold

John Standing

Patrick Calhoun

Patrick Calhoun

Philip Cobb

Gertrude Glover

Ailene Blair

Creative team
Directed by
Charles Brabin
Charles Brabin

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