The Rocky Road is a 1910 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Frank Powell.
[1] This is the twisted tale of an alcoholic father who leaves his wife and daughter.
The man's wife then becomes mentally ill and the daughter is adopted by a wealthy family.
Years later that daughter meets a wealthy older man.
On the day of their wedding, the mother shows up and reveals that the daughter was about to marry her own father.