Always in the Way
1915, English. Directed by J. Searle Dawley.
Four-year-old Dorothy, the daughter of rich lawyer Winfred North, is inconsolable over her mother's recent death. Her father, too absorbed with business to pay attention to his daughter and her problems, marries Helen Stillwell, a widow with her own two children. Helen ignores Dorothy while taking care of her own children, treating Dorothy as if she's always "in the way". Finally Dorothy can take no more and runs away. She is found by the Goodwins, a married missionary couple, but when they bring her home, Helen Stillwell denies knowing Dorothy at all, seeing a chance for her own children to inherit Winfred's wealth and cut Dorothy out of the picture altogether. The Goodwins take Dorothy to Africa with them to bring Christianity to the natives, but matters don't work out quite as well as they expected.
- Runtime
- 0h 50m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- J. Searle DawleyDirector
- Mary Miles MinterDorothy North
- Ethelmary OaklandDorothy North, as a child
- Lowell ShermanWinfred North
- Edna HollandMrs. Helen Stillwell
- Mabel GreeneMay Stillwell
- Harold MeltzerAlan Stillwell
- James RileyHarry Blake
- Arthur EversReverend Goodwin
- Charlotte ShelbyMrs. Goodwin
- Hal ClarendonJohn Armstrong
- Franklin B. CoatesRobert Armstrong
- Harry BlakemoreZulu Chief
Details
- Released
- 21 June 1915
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Charles Harris
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Always in the Way runs 50 minutes (0h 50m).
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Always in the Way isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 June 1915. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Always in the Way?
Always in the Way (1915) was directed by J. Searle Dawley and stars Mary Miles Minter, Ethelmary Oakland, Lowell Sherman.