Her Way
NR 1913 · 11 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama
A good mother, dying, bequeaths to her daughter a well-worn Bible, beseeching her to follow its teachings day by day. Her father, a brutal inebriate, comes home and finds her reading the old book, snatches it from her, stamps upon it, and falls to the floor in a drunken fury.
Directed by Hardee Kirkland · Written by E. Lynn Summers
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Edwin Wallock Bess's Father -
Harry Lonsdale Gates - the Faro King -
Lafe McKee Burke - Gates' Brother - H Harriet Notter Bess
- R Rose Evans Bess's Mother
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