The Ancient Highway
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Irvin Willat
Director
Jack Holt
Cliff Brant
Billie Dove
Antoinette St. Ives
Montagu Love
Ivan Hurd
Stanley Taylor
Gaspard St. Ives
Lloyd Whitlock
John Denis
Film Details
Release Date
Nov
16,
1925
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 8 Nov 1925
Production Company
Famous Players--Lasky
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Ancient Highway; a Novel of High Hearts and Open Roads by James Oliver Curwood (New York, 1925).
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,034ft
(7 reels)
Synopsis
Clifton Brant, long thought dead, returns after adventuring around the world to his native town along the St. Lawrence River, Canada, to beat up millionaire Ivan Hurd, who cheated his father. Hurd sends the police after him, and Cliff takes to "The Ancient Highway." He meets and falls in love with Antoinette St. Ives, who is also being victimized by Hurd. Together they plan to thwart Hurd. Finally, after numerous adventures, Cliff dynamites the log jam caused by Hurd and effects his defeat. Cliff and Antoinette marry.
Director
Irvin Willat
Director
Cast
Jack Holt
Cliff Brant
Billie Dove
Antoinette St. Ives
Montagu Love
Ivan Hurd
Stanley Taylor
Gaspard St. Ives
Lloyd Whitlock
John Denis
William A. Carroll
Ambrose
Marjorie Bonner
Angel Fanchon
Christian J. Frank
George Bolden
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
Nov
16,
1925
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 8 Nov 1925
Production Company
Famous Players--Lasky
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Ancient Highway; a Novel of High Hearts and Open Roads by James Oliver Curwood (New York, 1925).
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,034ft
(7 reels)
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Trivia
Stuntman R.D. Jones was drowned while trying to run the rapids in a canoe during the filming of this picture.
