The Scarlet Car

The Scarlet Car is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney.[1] The film is based upon the novel The Scarlet Car by Richard Harding Davis, which also was the basis of a 1923 film of the same name.[1] A print of the 1917 film exists and has been released on DVD.[1]

The Scarlet Car
The novel The Scarlet Car (1907) upon which the film was based
Directed byJoe De Grasse
Written byWilliam Parker
Based onThe Scarlet Car
by Richard Harding Davis
StarringLon Chaney
Franklyn Farnum
CinematographyKing D. Gray
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 24, 1917 (1917-12-24)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The film is a member of the Universal-produced and Carl Laemmle-selected "The Laemmle Nine", which also includes A Dangerous Game, The Flaming Hour, The Ghost Patrol, Kindled Courage, The Power of a Lie, The First Degree, The Love Letter, and The Gentleman From America.[2]

Cast

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Scarlet Car was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of slugging the man, the shortening of the fight scene in the lobby, and to flash the mob scene at the beginning of a reel.[3]

References
  1. "Silent Era: The Scarlet Car". silentera. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
  2. "New Group Called The Laemmle Nine". Universal Weekly. 16 (16): 14. December 2, 1922.
  3. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 6 (3): 31. January 12, 1918.
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