The Third Generation

Plot Summary

When Alden Van Dusen, a third-generation member of a prestigious old New York family, is faced with the alternatives of allowing his firm to go bankrupt or becoming involved in fraud, he decides on suicide. As he is about to drown himself, Alden is attacked by a thug and, in the ensuing struggle, his assailant is killed. Seizing upon the opportunity, Alden changes identities with the dead man and drifts West, where he becomes an employee in his firm's mine.

Top Cast

Betty Blythe Helen Van Dusen

Mahlon Hamilton Alden Van Dusen

Betty Brice Miss Scales

Jack Pratt Cuthbert Steele

Josef Swickard Colonel Alden Van Dusen