The End of the Road (1913)
Worthing, a rich young bachelor, lost in the woods at night while hunting, makes his way to an old inn. Foolishly he flashes a rill of bills; the innkeeper and his partner, Slavin, plan to rob him. Dora, the innkeeper's daughter, overhears the plot and having been impressed by the stranger, assists him to escape. Later, discovering this the men turn her out. Some hours later she comes upon Worthing and he in pity installs her in a house as maid, which he rents. Under his guidance Dora changes to a cultivated woman. Love takes the place of pity in the man's heart and when their love is about to culminate in marriage. Worthing is called away to attend his sick father. When he returns he learns that his sweetheart has been kidnapped by her father. After a fruitless attempt to find her he departs for an extended tour to heal a broken heart. Later, the father and friend are sent to prison, Dora with her baby, determines to go back to the village to seek her sweetheart. She is found in a sad plight by the roadside by Mrs. Leslie, who finding that she is so gifted obtains for her a position as companion to John Sloane, the uncle of Frank Sloane, Worthington's dearest friend. John falls in love with the girl and after a time she marries him for the sake of his child, believing that she will never see her former sweetheart again, Frank returns with his friend John from the trip and they answer the invitation of John to visit at his country place. The meeting between Dora and Worthing is pitiful, Dora's father has escaped and after Worthing has departed he makes his way to John's house and tells him of his daughter's past. He demands money to keep silent. The shock of his wife's history weighs heavily on Sloane and he dies in a short time. After several exciting incidents, in which Dora's father is killed, the young couple are brought together and the old love newly awakened fills their longing hearts.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| William Robert Daly | Director |
| Edward George Bulwer-Lytton | Writer |
| Jack Byrne | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Fritzi Brunette | |
| Glen White |
