Character Relationship Map: Wandering Footsteps

Characters

• Timothy Payne (played by Alec B. Francis) — protagonist

  Timothy is a wise, elderly college professor whose life and career were ruined by alcohol. Hal takes him in as a father figure and introduces him to Helen, prompting conflict between the engaged coupl...

• Helen Maynard (played by Estelle Taylor) — supporting

  Helen is Hal's sweetheart and fiancée. When Hal introduces her to Timothy, she is outraged and breaks their engagement, fearing that the professor's past with alcohol will be a bad influence on Hal. A...

• Hal Whitney (played by Bryant Washburn) — supporting

  Hal is an irresponsible young millionaire who drinks heavily and is engaged to Helen. He befriends Timothy and adopts the older professor as a father figure, which leads Helen to end their engagement....

• Elizabeth Stuyvesant Whitney (played by Eugenie Besserer) — supporting

  Elizabeth is Hal's mother. Timothy had loved her in his youth, and after Timothy and Hal help each other reform, Elizabeth marries Timothy. Her marriage brings their old affection back into the story...

• Matilda (played by Ethel Wales) — supporting