The End of the Road

Feb 16, 1919

1h 9m

★ 0.0

Overview

Childhood friends Mary Lee and Vera receive two different versions of the 'birds and the bees' from their mothers. Mary Lee gets the facts, while Vera gets a prudish fairytale version. Their lives separate after graduation, Mary Lee becomes a nurse who falls in proper love with a Doctor, whereas Vera follows her mother's advice and seeks to marry a rich man, but falls for the unlawful and syphilitic charms of a wealthy cad. Mary Lee and her Doctor rescue Vera and help her get proper care after a series of revelations showing actual patients of the loathsome disease. Finally, Mary Lee and her new husband volunteer to help our boys fighting the Huns in France.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

U.S. War Department

American Social Hygiene Association

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

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Cast

Doctor

Richard Bennett

Mary Lee

Claire Adams

Vera Lynch

Joyce Fair

Raymond McKee

Maude Hill

Robert Cain

Arthur Housman

Alice Brady

Maid

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