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| ~The Darkening Trail~ 1915 |
| Directed by: William S. Hart Written by: C. Gardner Sullivan (story) |
| ~Cast~ William S. Hart ... Yukon Ed Enid Markey ... Ruby McGraw George Fisher ... Jack Sturgess Nona Thomas ... Ruth Wells Milton Ross ... John Wells Louise Glaum ... Fanny Roy Laidlaw ... Mr. Sturgess, Sr. Harvey Clark (uncredited) Aggie Herring (uncredited) |
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| ~Remaining Credits~ Production Company: New York Motion Picture Distribution Company: Mutual Film Produced by: Thomas H. Ince Length: 4 Reels Runtime: 54 Minutes Released: May 31, 1915 |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
Jack Sturgess' father threatens to disinherit him if he does not marry Ruth Wells, a shop girl whom
he has made pregnant. Jack then leaves the East and settles in Alaska, where he meets and marries
Ruby McGraw. Soon after the wedding, Jack begins to see other women, neglecting his young wife,
and one stormy evening, she finds him drunk by the side of the road. Ruby contracts pneumonia, but
Jack only pretends to go to find the doctor, knowing that he will be a free man if his wife dies. Yukon
Ed, a prospector who is in love with Ruby, discovers that she is near death, but by the time he returns
with the doctor, it is too late. Ed finds Jack and sends him to join Ruby on her journey down "the
darkening trail."
he has made pregnant. Jack then leaves the East and settles in Alaska, where he meets and marries
Ruby McGraw. Soon after the wedding, Jack begins to see other women, neglecting his young wife,
and one stormy evening, she finds him drunk by the side of the road. Ruby contracts pneumonia, but
Jack only pretends to go to find the doctor, knowing that he will be a free man if his wife dies. Yukon
Ed, a prospector who is in love with Ruby, discovers that she is near death, but by the time he returns
with the doctor, it is too late. Ed finds Jack and sends him to join Ruby on her journey down "the
darkening trail."
