Over Silent Paths

Story

Synopsis

In the heart of the American west, a miner toils day after day at his rocker box while his young daughter keeps his camp. His daughter persuades him to return to civilization, where they may enjoy the fruits of their labor. Both are happy in the anticipation of what seems a bright future. While she's away, a desert wanderer appears at the camp, and at the sight of the old man weighing his gold is seized with cupidity. He himself had toiled long in the wilds, but with no success, so he demands that the old man divide his gains with him. This, of course, the miner decries, and the wanderer uses force to obtain the old man's gold. The wanderer collapses in the desert, only to be rescued by a certain young woman: the miner's daughter.

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writers

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

16 May 1910

Ensemble

Cast

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  Marion Leonard

  The Daughter

• 

  Dell Henderson

  The Wanderer

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  W. Chrystie Miller

  The Father

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  Arthur V. Johnson

  The Marshal

• 

  Alfred Paget

  Deputy

• 

  Frank Powell

• 

  Mack Sennett