Life’s Yesterdays (1915)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Short
Release: 1915-08-10
Director: Lorimer Johnston
Writers: Mrs. Owen Bronson
Language: None | English
Stars: Julia Swayne Gordon , Leo Delaney , Zena Keefe , Garry McGarry , Charles Wellesley
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Life's Yesterdays , Life's Yesterdays (United States of America)
Plot: Richard Dalton, once a promising young doctor, looks back upon his life. LaStella, a dancer and dope fiend, had become infatuated with him, and he fell victim to her wiles. From her he learned the deadly morphine habit and after that his downward career was rapid. While under the influence of dope, he gave a child the wrong medicine, with fatal results. His career ruined, he had gone to an isolated cabin and after a long struggle conquered the drug habit. Dalton resolves that he must atone for the life he had taken and goes to Moloki Island to take charge of the leper colony there. He devotes his life to the suffering unfortunates, knowing he can never return to the civilized world again.
IMDB:tt0489194