The Higher Destiny

Story

Synopsis

A physician advises Helen Blair to seek a different climate. She is without money. Philip Cobb, her daughter's sweetheart, tells them his employer, Richard Standing, has refused him an increase. Thus Mrs. Blair discovers the whereabouts of Standing, whom she rejected years before to marry Blair. Standing treats her savagely when she appeals to him. His son, John, overhears the conversation and, seeing the girl, forces them to take the necessary funds to save the mother. The father discovers his love affair and sends him to Honolulu. The jealous Cobb gets a letter from a friend there and forges a new note telling that young Standing has become a drunkard. Ailene and Cobb are married. John Standing returns after months and he and Ailene learn of the deception. Cobb repents his deceit and drowns himself.

Director

Charles Brabin

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

2 September 1916

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Warda Howard

  Helen Blair

• 

  Sidney Ainsworth

  Richard Standing

• 

  Edward Arnold

  John Standing

• 

  Patrick Calhoun

  Philip Cobb

• Gertrude Glover

  Ailene Blair