''The Rocky Road'' is a 1910 American

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silent

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directed by

D. W. Griffith David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the na ...

and starring Frank Powell. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of the

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and the

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Cast

* Frank Powell as Ben *

Stephanie Longfellow Stephanie Longfellow (born March 1882) was an American stage and film actress. She started as the understudy of Mabelle Gilman Corey. Her first leading role was as Pert in the 1908 rendition of the play ''Checkers''. She garnered positive recep ...

as Ben's Wife * George Nichols as The Farmer *

Linda Arvidson Linda Arvidson (born Linda Arvidson Johnson, July 12, 1884 – July 26, 1949; sometimes credited as Linda Griffith) was an American stage and film actress who became one of America's early motion picture stars while working at Biograph Studios i ...

Kate Bruce Kate Bruce (February 17, 1860 – April 2, 1946) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 280 films between 1908 and 1931. She was born in Columbus, Indiana and died in New York City. In 1885, Bruce left Boone, I ...

as The Maid * Charles Craig as A Farmhand / At Church * Adele DeGarde *

Gladys Egan Gladys Egan (also credited as Gladys Eagan; May 24, 1900March 8, 1985) was an early 20th-century American child actress, who between 1907 and 1914 performed professionally in theatre productions as well as in scores of silent films. She began her ...

as At Church * Frank Evans as In Bar * Edith Haldeman as The Daughter, as a Child * James Kirkwood as The Best Man *

Henry Lehrman Henry Lehrman (March 30, 1881 – November 7, 1946) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Lehrman was a very prominent figure of Hollywood's silent film era, working with such cinematic pioneers as D. W. Griffith and Mack S ...

as Outside Bar * Marion Leonard *

Wilfred Lucas Wilfred Van Norman Lucas (January 30, 1871 – December 13, 1940) was a Canadian American stage actor who found success in film as an actor, director, and screenwriter. Early life Lucas was born in Norfolk County, Ontario on January 30, 1871,US ...

* W. Chrystie Miller as The Minister * Owen Moore *

Anthony O'Sullivan Anthony O'Sullivan (1855July 5, 1920) was an American silent film actor and film director. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1906 and 1918. He also directed 35 films between 1913 and 1915. He died in The Bronx, New York Director * '' ...

as In Bar * Harry Solter * Blanche Sweet as The Daughter, at Eighteen *

J. Waltham J. Waltham was an American actor. He appeared in 25 films between 1909 and 1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turk ...

as In Bar *

Dorothy West Dorothy West (June 2, 1907 – August 16, 1998) was an American storyteller and short story writer during the time of the Harlem Renaissance. She is best known for her 1948 novel ''The Living Is Easy'', as well as many other short stories an ...

as At Church (unconfirmed)

Plot

This is the twisted tale of an alcoholic father who leaves his wife and daughter. The man's wife then becomes mentally ill and the daughter is adopted by a wealthy family. Years later that daughter meets a wealthy older man. They fall in love and are to be married. On the day of their wedding, the mother shows up and reveals that the daughter was about to marry her own father.

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* 1910 films 1910 drama films 1910 short films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films American drama short films American silent short films Biograph Company films English-language drama films Films directed by D. W. Griffith Silent American drama films Surviving American silent films {{1910s-short-drama-film-stub

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