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Forbidden Paths
Director: Robert T. Thornby (Dir)
Release Date:   5 Jul 1917
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Cast: Sessue Hayakawa  (Sato)
  Vivian Martin  (Mildred Thornton)
  Tom Forman  (Harry Maxwell)
 

Summary: When Mildred Thornton's father dies, he leaves the girl in the care of Sato, a Japanese American who enjoyed his fullest confidence during their business partnership. Although Mildred feels the deepest friendship towards Sato, she does not return the love he feels for her, preferring instead a young man named Harry Maxwell, who has been appointed ambassador to Mexico. In Mexico, Harry is roped into a hasty marriage by adventuress Benita Ramirez. Soon discovering his wife's true nature, however, Harry returns home and realizes that he actually loves Mildred. Soon after Benita comes to seek her revenge on Harry. Sato, knowing that he can never have Mildred and that Benita stands in the way of her happiness, invites the adventuress on a boating trip. In mid-ocean, Sato scuttles the boat and both meet their deaths, freeing Harry to marry Mildred. 

Distribution Company: Paramount Pictures Corp.
Production Company: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
Director: Robert T. Thornby (Dir)
  Harry B. Haskins (Asst dir)
Writer: Beatrice C. de Mille (Scen)
  Leighton Osmun (Scen)
  Eve Unsell (Story)

Subject Major: Fortune hunters
  Japanese Americans
  Marriage--Forced by circumstances
  Revenge
  Self-sacrifice
  Wards and guardians
 
Subject Minor: Ambassadors
  Mexico

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