The Road to Ruin

Year: 1928

Runtime: 58 mins

Director: Norton S. Parker

Drama

Thrilling and sensational, this low‑budget drama follows 16‑year‑old Sally, a neglected New York teen who turns to smoking, drinking, and a series of affairs with older men. She is arrested during a strip‑poker game, returns home to discover an unwanted pregnancy, has an illegal abortion, and later sees the ominous phrase “The Wages of Sin is Death” blazing over her bed.

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