The Rocky Road | |
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Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
Written by | D. W. Griffith |
Starring | Frank Powell |
Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer Arthur Marvin |
Distributed by | Biograph Company |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent with 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]
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]
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