The Turn in the Road

The Turn in the Road
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Directed byKing Vidor
Written byKing Vidor
StarringGeorge Nichols
Distributed byRobertson-Cole
Release date
  • March 29, 1919 (1919-03-29)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Turn in the Road is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor. His first feature film, the production was financed by the Brentwood Film Corporation and the title and the scenario based on a Christian Science religious tract.[1] No print of this film is known to exist,[2] which suggests that it is a lost film.[3]

  1. ^ Higham 1972: “... a team of businessmen supported him in making a work exemplifying his own Christian Science principles.”
    Baxter 1976, p. 9
    (Senses of Cinema, 2007: it made an impression on some religious [Christian] financial backers who agreed to help him make movies.”
    Durgnat and Simmons, 1988: p. 24
  2. ^ Durgnat and Simmons, 1988 p. 28
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Turn in the Road at silentera.com