The Road to Ruin (1928)
A controversial, low-budget drama about the life of a young teenage girl that goes on the "road to ruin." Sally is a 16-year-old New York City teen who, neglected by her parents, takes up smoking and drinking, engages in affairs with a series of older men, gets arrested by the police during a strip poker game, is sent home only to discover later that she's pregnant, and after getting an illegal abortion, the words "The Wages of Sin is Death" inexpliably appear over her bed in fire.
Director: Norton S. Parker
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Helen Foster as Sally Canfield |
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Grant Withers as Don Hughes |
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Florence Turner as Mrs. Canfield |
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Charles Miller as Mr. Canfield |
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Virginia Roye as Eve Terrell |
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Thomas Carr as Jimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr) |
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Don Rader as Al |
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Eddie Dunn as Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn) |
| Writing | Willis Kent | Story |
| Writing | Norton S. Parker | Dialogue |
| Writing | Norton S. Parker | Scenario Writer |
| Directing | Norton S. Parker | Director |
