The Bridal Trail (1911)
Ben Darwin had been a widower since Gilda's birth and the responsibility of being both father and mother to the girl weighed very heavily upon him. At present, however, what troubled Ben Darwin, was Gilda's friendship for Frank Boardman, a stranger in those parts. To keep the young man from the house was quite simple, but might the girl not meet him outside? As indeed she did, at her own little nook in the mountains, where from childhood her small treasures had been hidden. It was here that Gilda found Frank's note asking her to meet him at the glen, a lovely spot in which their troth was plighted. But before the old man could be persuaded to give his consent, the elder Boardman arrived, and learning that his son was on the verge of marrying the mountaineer's daughter, he showed Darwin a letter in which Frank declared he didn't love and had no intention of marrying "the girl in question." "The girl in question," however, was Miss Grace Elkins, and although Mr. Boardman knew this quite will, he silenced his conscience with the "All's fair in love" adage. White with rage, old Darwin insisted that his daughter at once make preparations to visit her aunt, and indeed had already started with Gilda for the railroad station when Frank appeared, and learning of their departure, hastened to head them off. Then sending the astonished father up the road at the point of his gun, Frank jumped into the buggy beside Gilda and dashed off to the minister. But scarcely had the young couple been pronounced man and wife, when Darwin, accompanied by Mr. Boardman, whom he had met on the road, came galloping up. With a glance, the elder Boardman realized that he had lost. However, being a practical man, he accepted the situation gracefully and even went so far as to acknowledge the deception he had practiced upon Darwin, ask pardon, and give the young people his paternal blessing.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Milton J. Fahrney | Director |
| David Horsley | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Albert Brighton |
