The Higher Destiny (1916)

The Higher Destiny (1916)

1916-09-02 United States of America 20 Min. PG-13
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Overview

A physician advises Helen Blair to seek a different climate. She is without money. Philip Cobb, her daughter's sweetheart, tells them his employer, Richard Standing, has refused him an increase. Thus Mrs. Blair discovers the whereabouts of Standing, whom she rejected years before to marry Blair. Standing treats her savagely when she appeals to him. His son, John, overhears the conversation and, seeing the girl, forces them to take the necessary funds to save the mother. The father discovers his love affair and sends him to Honolulu. The jealous Cobb gets a letter from a friend there and forges a new note telling that young Standing has become a drunkard. Ailene and Cobb are married. John Standing returns after months and he and Ailene learn of the deception. Cobb repents his deceit and drowns himself.

Cast

Warda Howard is Helen Blair
Helen Blair
Sidney Ainsworth is Richard Standing
Richard Standing
Edward Arnold is John Standing
John Standing
Patrick Calhoun is Philip Cobb
Philip Cobb
Gertrude Glover is Ailene Blair
Ailene Blair