| The Scarlet Car | |
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| Directed by | Joe De Grasse |
| Written by | William Parker |
| Based on | The Scarlet Car by Richard Harding Davis |
| Produced by | Bluebird Photoplays |
| Starring | Lon Chaney Franklyn Farnum |
| Cinematography | King D. Gray |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Scarlet Car is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney, Edith Johnson, and Franklyn Farnum.[1] The film was written by William Parker, based upon the novel The Scarlet Car by Richard Harding Davis, which also served as the basis of a 1923 Universal film of the same name.[1] A print of the 1917 film exists at the Library of Congress, and the movie is available on DVD. Clips from the film were used in the 1995 documentary Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask.[1] A still exists showing Lon Chaney in his own make-up as the protagonist "Paul Revere Forbes".[2]
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]
- ^ a b c "Progressive Silent Film List: The Scarlet Car". silentera.com. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
- ^ Mirsalis, Jon C. "The Scarlet Car". Lonchaney.org. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (3). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 31. January 12, 1918.