Beckoning Roads is a 1919 American silent drama film based on the novel The Call of Life by Jeanne Judson.

[1][2] As described in a film magazine,[3] Marquita Shay was brought up by an adoptive father, John Grayson, on a farm in Canada.

Their marital bliss dissolves quickly when Marquita meets Humphrey's parents, especially his domineering father.

Unfortunately, Marquita discovers that her father has committed suicide after a ruinous financial turn engineered by her swindler father-in-law.

Marquita manages to ruin the shady financier and reunites with her husband, who has finally renounced his terrible father.