Always in the Way

Overview

Four-year-old Dorothy, the daughter of rich lawyer Winfred North, is inconsolable over her mother's recent death. Her father, too absorbed with business to pay attention to his daughter and her problems, marries Helen Stillwell, a widow with her own two children. Helen ignores Dorothy while taking care of her own children, treating Dorothy as if she's always "in the way". Finally Dorothy can take no more and runs away. She is found by the Goodwins, a married missionary couple, but when they bring her home, Helen Stillwell denies knowing Dorothy at all, seeing a chance for her own children to inherit Winfred's wealth and cut Dorothy out of the picture altogether. The Goodwins take Dorothy to Africa with them to bring Christianity to the natives, but matters don't work out quite as well as they expected.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 21, 1915

Original language

English

Production

Dyreda Art Film Corp.

Cast

Mabel Greene,Harry Blakemore,James Riley,Mary Miles Minter,Arthur Evers,Edna Holland,Ethelmary Oakland,Lowell Sherman,Hal Clarendon,Franklin B. Coatesand 3 more

Director

J. Searle Dawley

Writer

Charles Harris

Producer

Louis B. Mayer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0004885