Always in the Way

Always in the Way
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Directed by	J. Searle Dawley
Produced by	Louis B. Mayer
Written by	Charles Harris
Starring	Mary Miles Minter
Cinematography	Irvin Willat
Production company	Dyreda Art Film Corp.
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	June 21, 1915 (1915-06-21)
Running time	50 min.
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Always in the Way is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by J. Searle Dawley. The film, which was based on the song with the same name, was partially filmed in the Bahamas.^[1]

Plot

Dorothy North is the four-year-old child of the wealthy lawyer Winfred North. Her mother is deceased and her father is remarrying widow Helen Stillwell. Helen is annoyed with the presence of Dorothy and treats her as if she is always in the way. She runs away home and is taken under care by missionaries. While Dorothy accompanies her new foster parents to Africa, Helen informs Winfred his daughter is lost.

Winfred unsuccessfully tries to find Dorothy, who is growing up to a young woman in Africa. At the age of fifteen, her foster parents are killed by Zulus. She is separated from her sweetheart John Armstrong and boards back to America. Here, she finds employment in a florist shop. John followes her to New York City and locates her real father. They are all reunited and Winfred breaks with his Helen.^[2]

Cast

• Mary Miles Minter as Dorothy North
• Ethelmary Oakland as Dorothy North (child)
• Lowell Sherman as Winfred North
• Edna Holland as Mrs. Helen Stillwell
• Mabel Greene as May Stillwell
• Harold Meltzer as Alan Stillwell
• Charlotte Shelby as Mrs. Goodwin

References

External links

• Always in the Way on IMDb
• Always in the Way at AllMovie