As the Twig Is Bent

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Lee Shumway

George Booth / Herbert Booth (dual role) (as Lee C. Shumway)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 16%

Doris Baker

George Booth / Herbert Booth as a Child (dual role)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Velma Whitman

Tatuka

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Helen Jerome Eddy

Grace Thomas (as Helen Eddy)

Age : 92 | Popularity : 20%

Jack Holt

Colonel Vail

Age : N/A | Popularity : 41%

Melvin Mayo

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Louis Fitzroy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Eleanor Blevins

Mrs. Booth

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Wilbert Melville
Writing	Writer	Julian La Mothe
Department	Role	Name

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