UNITED STATES · 1912

Fate

D.W. Griffith
Classical Hollywood arranged marriage unrequited love fate and destiny class differences missed connections
Synopsis

Virginia Jameson, a girl of lovely disposition, is wooed by a man much older than herself whom she very much dislikes, but who stands very high in the favor of her parents. She might have married another man had not fate decreed otherwise. She meets and accidentally escapes the man she could have loved and would have married; she stooped to tie her shoe-strings, diverting her attention from him. H

Year1912
CountryUnited States
DirectorD.W. Griffith
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