The Rocky Road (film)

The Rocky Road
Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	D. W. Griffith
Starring	Frank Powell
Cinematography	G. W. Bitzer Arthur Marvin
Distributed by	Biograph Company
Release date	January 3, 1910 (1910-01-03)
Running time	11 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Rocky Road is a 1910 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Frank Powell. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art. ^[1]

Cast

• Frank Powell as Ben
• Stephanie Longfellow as Ben's Wife
• George Nichols as The Farmer
• Linda Arvidson
• Kate Bruce as The Maid
• Charles Craig as A Farmhand / At Church
• Adele DeGarde
• Gladys Egan as At Church
• Frank Evans as In Bar
• Edith Haldeman as The Daughter, as a Child
• James Kirkwood as The Best Man
• Henry Lehrman as Outside Bar
• Marion Leonard
• Wilfred Lucas
• W. Chrystie Miller as The Minister
• Owen Moore
• Anthony O'Sullivan as In Bar
• Harry Solter
• Blanche Sweet as The Daughter, at Eighteen
• J. Waltham as In Bar
• Dorothy West as At Church (unconfirmed)

Plot

This is the twisted tale of an alcoholic father who leaves his wife and daughter. The man's wife then becomes mentally ill and the daughter is adopted by a wealthy family. Years later that daughter meets a wealthy older man. They fall in love and are to be married. On the day of their wedding, the mother shows up and reveals that the daughter was about to marry her own father. ^[2]

See also

• List of American films of 1910

References

1. "Silent Era: The Rocky Road". Silent Era. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
2. "The Rocky Road". Film Affinity. Retrieved April 7, 2023.

External links

• The Rocky Road at IMDb