🎬 Drama

The Whirlpool of Destiny

1916 50m Dir. Otis Turner

About this movie

George Bell, a wild young man, lives with his rancher father, Thomas Bell, in Paradise Valley, California. When George sells his father's favorite horse, Mr. Bell turns him out, and George becomes a grain salesman in St. Louis. Meanwhile, Polly Martin lives with her father Bill, an ex-businessman who has sunk to day-labor because of his addiction to alcohol. Bill frequently abuses Polly, and when he falls to his death from a high girder, Polly becomes a nurse in the Salvation Army in St. Louis. George falls in love with Polly after he saves her from the advances of a drunk, but she will not marry him because of his wild past.

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Year
1916
Runtime
50m
Genre
Drama
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎬 Otis Turner 👤 Bertram Grassby 👤 Flora Parker DeHaven 👤 Charles Hill Mailes
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The Whirlpool of Destiny has a runtime of 50m ( and 50 minutes).
The Whirlpool of Destiny was directed by Otis Turner and released in 1916.
The Whirlpool of Destiny is a Drama film (1916).
The cast of The Whirlpool of Destiny includes Bertram Grassby, Flora Parker DeHaven, Charles Hill Mailes, Jack Mulhall, Edward Hearn.

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