Beckoning Roads Trailer (1919)

21 December 1919 Drama 50 mins

When Marquita Shay, the adopted daughter of Canadian farmer John Grayson, reaches womanhood, Grayson enrolls her in a St. Louis boarding school where she meets and marries Humphrey Wells, the son of a wealthy financier. Treated like a servant by her in-laws, Marquita leaves the Humphrey's home to return to Grayson. She discovers that Grayson has committed suicide after falling victim to a phony stock deal perpetrated by Wells senior. Time passes and Marquita travels to New York where she becomes secretary to Baron Brinker who, with Wells, swindled Grayson. She brings Wells and Brinker to their financial ruin and reunites with her husband who renounces his father.

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Cast

Bessie Barriscale as Marquita Shay

Niles Welch as Humphrey Wells

George Periolat as John Grayson

Joseph J. Dowling as Baron Brinker

Emmett King as Henry Wells

Dorcas Matthews as Mrs. Rose-Gordon Chester

Thomas Holding as Cecil Barrington

Gloria Holt as Young Marquita (uncredited)

Crew

Howard Hickman Director

Harvey Gates Writer

Jeanne Judson Novel

Eugene Gaudio Director of Photography

International Releases Dates

United States 21 December 1919

Production Companies

Bessie Barriscale Productions

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