As the Twig Is Bent (1915)

L.C. Shumway has a dual role in this action-packed three-reeler. When the Booths divorce, their twin children (both played as adults by Shumway) are separated -- George goes with his mother and becomes a fine, upstanding young man, while Herbert takes after his father's dissolute ways. Both of them wind up serving in the Army and going to the Philippines -- George as an officer and West Point graduate, and Herbert as a lowly enlisted man who soon deserts to becomes the drunken love slave of a native girl.

Released

1915-11-25

Genres

Drama

Runtime

30 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Wilbert Melville

TMDB rating

9.0/10 from 1 votes