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The Splendid Road

The Splendid Road

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 6, 1925

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Drama, Western

Original Title

The Splendid Road

Production Companies

Frank Lloyd Productions

Director

Frank Lloyd

Description

Young Sandra De Hault arrives by ship in Sacramento, California, during the 1849 Gold Rush. While on board she adopted three children whose mother had died during the voyage. While in Sacramento she is saved from the attentions of a violent drunk by Stanton Holliday, an agent for eastern banker John Grey. They fall for each other, but Sandra believes that the daughter of Halliday's boss is in love with him, and not wanting to hurt his career she leaves town.