The Harbor of Happiness (1916)
John Winton, noted author, is going swiftly on the down-path with drink as his vehicle. Years before, his wife had gone away with another man, who gave her her much-desired opportunity to return to the stage. Dorothy Winton's child cries continually for her mother, and would not be comforted. In desperation, Winton, unable to bear the child's sorrow, which augments his own grief, takes her to an old governess of his. He instructs the woman to care for the child, and he will furnish the money. The child is to be told that her parents are dead. After this, the embittered man takes to drink. In his few and far between lucid intervals, he writes the brilliant stories that make him famous. His wife returns, remorseful, but Winton sternly sends her away, and adds to her grief by telling her that her child is dead. As years pass, Dorothy grows to womanhood, and following her mother's footsteps, becomes an actress, attaining some little popularity. Her ambition is to star in a play. Winton now begins to feel pride in his daughter, whom he meets without revealing their relationship. Dick Townsend, a young playwright, writes a play that is rejected by Bradford, a theatrical manager. Dick has become friendly with Winton, and when he shows the play to Winton, and tells him it would be a great play with Dorothy in it, Winton becomes interested. He takes the play home to read it, and finds it a work of genius. He comes to a decision, and gives Bradford twenty thousand dollars to produce the play, with Dorothy the star. Bradford is not to say where the money comes from. Dorothy and Dick (who are in love) are overjoyed when Bradford informs them he will produce the play. Winton. determining to end his useless life now, goes that evening to the wharves intending to jump off. Fate, in the guise of the mate of a shorthanded ship, happens along, and Winton is shanghaied. He is forced to work on board ship, and gradually gains in strength and health. Bradford, meanwhile, in love with Dorothy, pretends he is advancing the money to produce the play. She repulses his advances, and he refuses to star her. Winton, a new man, returns cured of his drink-craving, in time to expose Bradford and have Dorothy starred. Mrs. Winton, acting as her own daughter's maid, recognizes Winton, and there is a happy reunion.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Van Dyke Brooke | Director |
| Edgar Gove | Writer |
| Joseph F. Poland | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Leah Baird | |
| George Arvine | |
| Donald Cameron | |
| Jack Ellis |
