The End of the Road (1919)

Directed by

Edward H. Griffith

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rated

NR

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent drama contrasts two young women raised by different mothers. One has a good upbringing while the other does not. It warns about premarital sex and venereal disease.

didacticmelodramaticcautionarysomberseriousdatededucationalbleak

What happens

The End of the Road is a 1919 American silent drama film produced by the American Social Hygiene Association. The film was directed by Lieutenant Edward H. Griffith for the purposes of health propaganda. The plot follows the lives of two young women - one raised by "the right kind of mother" and the other by a mother that is judged to be wrong. This film was targeted at young women with warnings about premarital sex and venereal disease and was notably produced during World War I. A complete restoration of the film has been created by the National Film Preservation Foundation and may be viewed online. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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