The Scarlet Car
Cast & Crew
Joseph De Grasse
Franklyn Farnum
Al Filson
Lon Chaney
Edith Johnson
Sam De Grasse
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Synopsis
Billy Winthrop, the town idler of Bolton, resolves to reform after his antics practically drive his father, Samuel Winthrop, into bankruptcy. About this time, Paul Revere Forbes, a cashier at the Boulton bank and the father of Beatrice, whom Billy loves, discovers that Cyrus Peabody, the bank's president, has lost $35,000 of the bank's money in speculation. Forbes confronts Peabody and, in the fight which follows, the cashier is apparently killed and the body placed in a car. The following morning, however, Forbes's body is missing. Beatrice, now presumably an orphan, is about to be coerced into a marriage with Peabody's son Ernest when Billy rescues her, and the two escape into a storm. Seeking refuge, they take shelter in an old abandoned cabin where they find Forbes, his mind gone. In the meantime, the missing funds have been discovered by the bank's depositors, and to clear themselves, the Peabodys claim that Billy has stolen the money. They lead the angry mob to the cabin where Billy has taken refuge, but he discovers a document in Forbes's possession which incriminates the Peabodys of theft. The Peabodys are then tarred and feathered while Billy wins Beatrice.
Director
Joseph De Grasse
Cast
Franklyn Farnum
Al Filson
Lon Chaney
Edith Johnson
Sam De Grasse
Howard Crampton
William Lloyd
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The novel first appeared in Collier's National Weekly December 15, 1906 -June 14, 1907 under the title "Adventures of the Scarlet Car." Universal Pictures released a film based on the same source in 1923, directed by Stuart Paton and starring Herbert Rawlinson. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30.)
