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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Mrs. Wallace Reid

Writers:

Willis Kent (story), Norton S. Parker (scenario and dialogue)

Stars:

Helen Foster, Grant Withers, Florence Turner

Cast

Cast overview:
Helen Foster	...	Sally Canfield
Grant Withers	...	Don Hughes
Florence Turner	...	Mrs. Canfield
Charles Miller	...	Mr. Canfield
Virginia Roye	...	Eve Terrell
Thomas Carr	...	Jimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr)
Don Rader	...	Al
Eddie Dunn	...	Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

sin | strip poker | new york city | ruin | abortion | 

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Taglines:

Childish Feet Dancing Blithely Down the Heart-Break Trail to Nowhere! (original ad)

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 March 1928 (USA)

Also Known As:

O dromos pros tin diafthoran

Box Office

Budget:

$2,500 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cliff Broughton Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to the widow of Norton S. Parker, Helen Foster kept a bottle of bootleg whiskey just out of camera range to keep herself "half-smashed" during the strip poker scenes.

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Connections

Remade as The Road to Ruin (1934)

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