Marcella ( Nellie Grant ) wife of coal miner Jim Gregory ( Robert Whittier ) runs away with her lover Giovanni ( Fred Jones ) leaving her husband with their baby daughter. He decides to leave the infant on the doorstep of Tom and Sarah Wentworth and lead a life of wandering. The Wentworths never tell the the child about her background and Dorothea ( Viola Dana ) grows up believing she is their daughter. Dorothea falls in love with Dr. Grant Hunter, but when Tom Wentworth inherits his father's coal mines, Sarah opposes Dorthea's courtship, hoping for a more superior match. Giovanni returns posing as a Marquis and to the delight of Sarah, he proposes to Dorothea. She invites the Marquis del Carnacacchi and Marcella, now posing as his sister to stay with them. Dorothea refuses his proposal and the enraged Giovanni plans to abduct the girl and kill Wentworth. Meanwhile, Jim Gregory returns to lead a strike by the miners and discovers Dorothea is actually his daughter. Together he and Marcella thwart Giovanni's scheme, and during the struggle for his daughter, Jim is shot. The police arrest Giovanni and the mortally wounded Jim dies, having given his blessing to Dorothea, without her ever knowing he was her real father.
Threads of Fate was produced by the Columbia Pictures Corporation and released in January 1917, starring the beautiful actress Viola Dana. Sadly this film remains on the long list of lost silent films.
Threads of Fate was produced by the Columbia Pictures Corporation and released in January 1917, starring the beautiful actress Viola Dana. Sadly this film remains on the long list of lost silent films.