Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold (1914)
Jim Hazen is a man, a man who might, under different circumstances, achieve great things in the world. However his world was in the mining districts and he knew little of the finer things of life. And the woman; she was genuine, she was pretty, but she knew little of life and men and could not read men aright. Her name was Edith and Jim loved her. Edith, though, thought the ne'er-do-well of the town was more dashing and romantic, and she was hardly to blame for giving herself to him. Time passed and it brought its awakening and suffering and regrets to Edith. Her husband lacked the qualities of manhood and Edith suffered in consequence. She was abused. It was Jim who prevented the depraved man from using a horsewhip on his wife. Then it was that Edith decided to leave her husband. Jim's consent to help her was honorable, though, as he knew that matters could not continue as they were. The husband learned of the plan. When Jim came to the house there was a fight. Jim was overpowered. Edith, he believed, had been killed by the drunken man. It was her little daughter who released Jim and he took the opportunity to escape with the child. For hours he tramped through the desert with the child until some friendly Indians found them and succored them with water. Years pass. Jim prospered as a miner and the child, Ruth, has grown to womanhood, loved by her foster father. It was an afternoon that an automobile drew up to the door and a woman alighted to ask for water. Coming out of the door Jim found himself face to face with Edith. Ruth's mother, whom he had thought dead. Edith, believing Jim had died with the child in the desert, had married again. There is a terrific struggle in Jim's breast; he knows that Ruth's place is with her mother. There is a happy reunion and Jim, with a heavy heart, sees the girl ride away with the woman he loved years before.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Webster Cullison | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Robert Frazer | |
| Norbert A. Myles | |
| Carol Holloway | |
| Will E. Sheerer |
