''Turn To The Right'' is an extant 1922 American silent

comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by Rex Ingram and starring

Alice Terry Alice Frances Taaffe (July 24, 1899 – December 22, 1987), known professionally as Alice Terry, was an American film actress and director. She began her career during the silent film era, appearing in thirty-nine films between 1916 and 1 ...

. The film is based on a 1916 Broadway play ''Turn to the Right'' by Winchell Smith and John E. Hazzard.

Plot

As described in a

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, Joe Bascom (Mulhall), the only son of a poor widow (Knott) in a Connecticut village, is in love with Elsie Tillinger (Terry), daughter of Deacon Tillinger (Connelly), the town's richest and meanest man. The deacon has more ambitious plans for his daughter and Joe, discouraged, leaves home determined to make his way life and return and marry Elsie. She promises to wait for him and together they plan their "dream house." In the city Joe falls in with the race track crowd and finally finds employment with Mr. Morgan (Mayne), a wealthy race horse owner. Joe sends money home frequently and then writes that he has saved $2,000 and will be coming home. Seeing a chance for a final "killing," he wagers the $2,000 on the horses and makes $20,000. Just as he is collecting the money, he is arrested on a charge of stealing the money from his employer, with the thief really being Mr. Morgan's son Lester (Ripley). Joe is sent to the penitentiary and while there meets Gilly (Myers) and Mugsy (Cooper). The three are finally released from prison, and Joe returns home to prevent his mother from being swindled out of her farm by Deacon Tillinger. In this, Joe is assisted by the two crooks who arrive in town by chance via a railroad box car, and they straighten out the widow's financial affairs. The crooks are turned from their ways by the charm of the widow, and they find themselves two sweet country girls. Through fortunate chance and far-fetched business ventures, Joe becomes rich and he and Elsie build their dream house.

Cast

Preservation

A copy of ''Turn to the Right'' is preserved at the

George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York comprises about 28,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and experimental moving images. The collection is renowned for its holdings of silent f ...

in Rochester, New York.

References

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Australian daybill; lobby posterAccessible version of poster
1922 films American silent feature films Films directed by Rex Ingram American films based on plays Metro Pictures films 1922 comedy-drama films American black-and-white films 1920s American films Silent American comedy-drama films 1920s English-language films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub