The Scarlet Car
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Stuart Paton
Director
Herbert Rawlinson
Billy Winthrop
Claire Adams
Beatrice Forbes
Edward Cecil
Ernest Peabody
Norris Johnson
Violet Gaynor
Tom Mcguire
Jim Winthrop
Film Details
Release Date
Jan
15,
1923
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Adventures of the Scarlet Car," by Richard Harding Davis in Collier's Weekly (15 Dec 1906, 23 Mar 1907 and Jun 1907).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
4,417ft
(5 reels)
Synopsis
Billy Winthrop is in love with Beatrice Forbes, who is engaged to Ernest Peabody, a reform candidate for mayor backed by Billy's father. When Billy learns that Peabody has betrayed Violet Gaynor and plans to doublecross Mr. Winthrop, he exposes the candidate with the help of Mitt Deagon and wins Beatrice.
Director
Stuart Paton
Director
Cast
Herbert Rawlinson
Billy Winthrop
Claire Adams
Beatrice Forbes
Edward Cecil
Ernest Peabody
Norris Johnson
Violet Gaynor
Tom Mcguire
Jim Winthrop
Marc Robbins
Jerry Gaynor
Tom O'brien
Mitt Deagon
Film Details
Release Date
Jan
15,
1923
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Adventures of the Scarlet Car," by Richard Harding Davis in Collier's Weekly (15 Dec 1906, 23 Mar 1907 and Jun 1907).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
4,417ft
(5 reels)
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Notes
Another adaptation of Richard Harding Davis's novel The Scarlet Car was made under the same title in 1917. That film was a Bluebird Photoplays production, directed by Joseph De Grasse and starring Franklyn Farnum and Al Filson (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1911-20).
