Where the Trail Divides (1914)

Plot Summary

Col. Landers adopts two children, "How," an Indian boy, and Bess, whose parents were killed in an Indian uprising. When the children are grown, How proposes to Bess, whom he has loved since his childhood. She accepts his proposal, thus angering Clayton Craig, Lander's nephew who also wants to marry her. After Lander's death, How is exiled from the ranch, so he and Bess buy new land. One day, after he has been away, How returns to his cabin to see Bess and Craig embracing. How grants Bess her freedom after which she marries Craig and moves to New York. Some time later, How discovers oil on the land that he gave Bess, so he follows them to New York. There he finds that Craig has been unfaithful to Bess. In the end, Bess rejects Craig so that she and How can remarry and find "a trail to happiness together." -From TCM.com Database, powered by the AFI.

Full Cast & Characters

Robert Edeson

'How' Landor

Theodore Roberts

Colonel William Landor

Jack W. Johnston

Clayton Craig (as J.W. Johnston)

Winifred Kingston

Bess Landor

James Neill

Sam Rowland

Constance Adams

Mrs. Rowland

Fred Montague

Rev. John Eaton

Antrim Short

Little 'How'

Mary Higby

Little Bess (as Mary Jane Higbee)

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