Broken Ways

Mar 8, 1913

0h 17m

★ 0.0

Overview

In this story the young wife concerned is called upon to solve a rather momentous question. After separating from her husband, whom she has discovered to be a brute and a criminal, she is about to give herself to another man, believing her husband dead, when he appears before her fleeing from justice. Shall she deliver him to the law or surrender to his claims? She yields in one instance, but not in the other. Then justice intervenes.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

American Mutoscope & Biograph

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Cast

The Road Agent

Henry B. Walthall

The Road Agent's Wife

Blanche Sweet

The Sheriff

Harry Carey

Holt-Up Victim

Charles Gorman

Road Agent's Gang Member

Frank Opperman

Road Agent's Gang Member

Joseph McDermott

In Telegraph Office (uncredited)

Dorothy Gish

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Mae Marsh

The setting is the Old West town of Paradise, Nevada, where a young woman, Mercedes Murphy (played by Louise Glaum), co-owns and operates a combination saloon and dance hall called the Red Hen with her business partner, Slick Barney (played by Jack Richardson). Her little half-sister, Olive "Live" Sumner (played by Mildred Harris), who is crippled, lives with her and she makes every effort to protect the child. A tough, but good-hearted businesswoman, Mercedes shows a tender side at home with Live. Her partner, Slick, and a cowboy called the Heller (played by John Gilbert), who has a heart of gold, are both interested in Live.

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