The Scarlet Car (1917) – 16mm Silent Black-and-White Feature Film – Lon Chaney
Franklyn Farnum and Lon Chaney star in The Scarlet Car, a silent drama based on the novel by Richard Harding Davis.
Billy Winthrop is a carefree young man whose reckless behavior threatens to leave his father financially ruined. When bank cashier Paul Revere Forbes discovers that the bank’s president has lost its money through speculation, he threatens to expose the truth. The resulting conflict draws Billy into a case of suspected embezzlement, mistaken accusations, and a race to clear the names of those wrongly blamed.
Directed by Joseph De Grasse, the film features Lon Chaney as Paul Revere Forbes, Franklyn Farnum as Billy Winthrop, and Edith Johnson as Beatrice Forbes. The cast also includes Sam De Grasse, Al W. Filson, Howard Crampton, and William Lloyd.
This vintage 16mm feature is silent and black-and-white, with English intertitles. It comes on lab cores.
Film details
Year: 1917
Country: United States
Format: 16mm film
Presentation: Silent, black-and-white
Intertitles: English
Approximate running time: About 50 minutes; projection speed may affect runtime
Original length: Five reels
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph De Grasse
Writer: William Parker
Based on: The novel by Richard Harding Davis
Cinematography: King D. Gray
Starring: Franklyn Farnum, Lon Chaney, Edith Johnson, Sam De Grasse, Al W. Filson, Howard Crampton, William Lloyd
Production company: Bluebird Photoplays
Studio/distributor: Universal Pictures
Reel cores: Lab cores
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