 In 1916, Wilbur scored a personal hit with a five-reel Mutual Masterpiece film, "Vengeance is Mine", a thrilling story about the abolishment of capital punishment.Vitagraph then hired him for his next assignment, "The Heart of Maryland" (1921), and on its completion, Crane broke from film work altogether.He dropped out of Hollywood and returned to the stage – his first love – for several years.