Judgment of the Storm

Judgment of the Storm is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Del Andrews and starring Lloyd Hughes, Lucille Ricksen, and George Hackathorne.^[1] A print exists in the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée film archive.

Judgment of the Storm
Directed by	Del Andrews
Story by	Ethel Styles Middleton
Starring	Lloyd Hughes Lucille Ricksen George Hackathorne
Cinematography	Max Dupont Henry Sharp
Production company	Palmer Photoplay Corporation
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America
Release date	January 6, 1924 (1924-01-06)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] wealthy college student John Trevor loves Mary Heath, who lives on a small, impoverished farm near the college town. Martin Freeland, an adventurous student, also admires her. The burden of supporting the Heath family rests upon Mary's sturdy older brother Dave. The younger, slightly built and much petted brother Bob goes to college. Martin takes Dave on a "sight seeing" tour of the town and John comes along to visit his mother. Dave is killed by accident while visiting a gambling den, which is secretly run by John's mother and is the source of the family's wealth. John is mad with grief and shame, and binds himself out to be a slave on the farm, for life, to atone. No chance is missed to humiliate him. During a storm, John rescues most of the family from otherwise certain death.

Cast

• Lloyd Hughes as John Trevor
• Lucille Ricksen as Mary Heath
• George Hackathorne as Bob Heath
• Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Trevor
• Claire McDowell as Mrs. Heath
• Philo McCullough as Martin Freeland
• Bruce Gordon as Dave Heath
• Frankie Darro as Heath Twin
• Fay McKenzie as Heath Twin
• F.F. Guenste as Butler