The False Road (1920)
Drama | 18 April 1920
Cast:
Enid Bennett, Lloyd Hughes, Wade Boteler [ More ]Director:
Fred NibloWriter:
C. Gardner SullivanProduction Company:
Thomas H. Ince, Inc.The working title of this film was The Man in the Moon. An item in the 10 January 1920 Motion Picture News stated that filming began the week prior. Soon after, the 7 February 1920 issue announced a title change to The False Road. Theatrical release followed on 18 April 1920. The film was met with mixed reviews, with some praising Enid Bennett’s performance, and others criticizing the action as too tame.
A fictionized version of this picture was written by Charles Elliott Dexter and published in the June 1920 Photo-Play Journal.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, The False Road is extant. ...
The working title of this film was The Man in the Moon. An item in the 10 January 1920 Motion Picture News stated that filming began the week prior. Soon after, the 7 February 1920 issue announced a title change to The False Road. Theatrical release followed on 18 April 1920. The film was met with mixed reviews, with some praising Enid Bennett’s performance, and others criticizing the action as too tame.
A fictionized version of this picture was written by Charles Elliott Dexter and published in the June 1920 Photo-Play Journal.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, The False Road is extant.
Freed from prison after serving a two-year sentence, Roger Moran, a member of Mike Wilson's bank of thieves, resolves to go straight. His sweetheart, Betty Palmer, also a member of the gang, refuses to give up "the false road," and so Roger leaves her and finds a job with kindhearted banker Joshua Starbuck. One day, Betty and Frisco Minnie appear and abscond with the contents of the bank's safe. Roger, intent on recovering the money, follows them to New York and pretends that he wants to return to a life of crime. Roger's abrupt turnabout forces Betty to realize the error of her ways, and together the two rob Wilson of the bank money and return it to the Starbucks. Confessing their deed, the two are acquitted of the crime and face a happy life ...
Freed from prison after serving a two-year sentence, Roger Moran, a member of Mike Wilson's bank of thieves, resolves to go straight. His sweetheart, Betty Palmer, also a member of the gang, refuses to give up "the false road," and so Roger leaves her and finds a job with kindhearted banker Joshua Starbuck. One day, Betty and Frisco Minnie appear and abscond with the contents of the bank's safe. Roger, intent on recovering the money, follows them to New York and pretends that he wants to return to a life of crime. Roger's abrupt turnabout forces Betty to realize the error of her ways, and together the two rob Wilson of the bank money and return it to the Starbucks. Confessing their deed, the two are acquitted of the crime and face a happy life together.
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