Pathways of Life

Pathways of Life

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Pathways of Life

1916

0h 25m

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Drama

Overview

A girl tends a garden planted with symbolic flowers: red roses for lust and white roses for love. Daddy Wisdom encourages the girl to cultivate the white roses instead of the red.

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Triangle Film Corporation

Cast & Crew

5 members

Acting

Lillian Gish

Unknown Role

Lillian Gish

Acting

Spottiswoode Aitken

Daddy Wisdom

Spottiswoode Aitken

Acting

Olga Grey

Unknown Role

Olga Grey

Acting

W.E. Lawrence

Unknown Role

W.E. Lawrence

Acting

Alfred Paget

Unknown Role

Alfred Paget

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