As the Twig Is Bent
As the Twig Is Bent
1915, English. Directed by Wilbert Melville.
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.
- Runtime
- 0h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 25 November 1915
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Julian La Mothe
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As the Twig Is Bent runs 30 minutes (0h 30m).
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Which OTT platform is As the Twig Is Bent on?
As the Twig Is Bent isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 November 1915. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like As the Twig Is Bent?
If you liked As the Twig Is Bent, try Girl in the Box, El Chicano, The Safety of Objects.
Who directed As the Twig Is Bent?
As the Twig Is Bent (1915) was directed by Wilbert Melville and stars Lee Shumway, Doris Baker, Helen Jerome Eddy.