Beckoning Roads
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
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Bessie Barriscale
Marquita Shay
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Borrowed Plumage
Niles Welch
Humphrey Wells
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The Phantom
Foolproof
George Periolat
John Grayson
Known for
The Mark of Zorro
Joseph J. Dowling
Baron Brinker
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
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Emmett King
Henry Wells
Also in
White Tiger
Barbara Frietchie
Dorcas Matthews
Mrs. Rose-Gordon Chester
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The Woman in the Suitcase
Idolators
Thomas Holding
Cecil Barrington
Also in
The Three Musketeers
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Gloria Holt
Young Marquita (uncredited)
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A Woman Who Understood
Howard Hickman Director · Harvey Gates Writer Jeanne Judson Author
United States release December 21, 1919 · Produced in United States
Production
Bessie Barriscale Productions
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · December 21, 1919
Theatrical
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