Through the Toils (1919) DVD-R

Starring Montagu Love, Eilen Burford, Gertrude Le Brandt, John Davidson, Thomas Carr
Directed by Harry O. Hoyt
Print: Black/white
Runtime: 77 min
Genre: Drama

Author Noel Graham goes to the little village of Mondon, where his ancestors lived, for solitude to write. While searching for a lost puppy, Noel meets Rhona Allerton, who is visiting her guardian, Lewis Moffat, a writer in his declining years. Realizing that he needs inspiration to write a passionate romance, Moffat, with the help of old Benson, a former derelict now in his service, encourages the blossoming love affair between Rhona and Noel, while planning to destroy it later and analyze their suffering.