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The Better Way (1914)

Name: The Better Way
Genre: Drama
Released: 1914
Duration: 10 min

Directed by Christy Cabanne

“An appealing story of how a convict is saved by his daughter from returning to his evil ways.”

Drama · 10m

Sunbeam's father is sent to prison, and on his release promises to remain honest. He secures a job as a night watchman, but his prison record being discovered, he is fired, and finds it impossible to secure work. Sunbeam gets a job in a a family as a "slavey" in order to support the father and herself, but her father chafes at the idea of his daughter working, although he does not know what her job is nor where. In desperation, he decides to turn crook again, and breaks into the house where his daughter is working.