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The Right of Way
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6340 feet
Directed by Jack Dillon (John Francis Dillon)

Cast: Bert Lytell [Charley Steele], Gibson Gowland [Jo Portugais], Leatrice Joy [Rosalie Eventurail], Virginia Caldwell [Kathleen Steele], Antrim Short [Billy Wantage], Carmen Phillips [Paulette Du Bois], Frank Currier [Seigneur], Henry Harmon [Cure], Larry Steers [Captain Tom Fairing]

Screen Classics, Incorporated, production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by June Mathis, from the adaptation by June Mathis of the novel The Right of Way by Sir Gilbert Parker. Production supervised by Maxwell Karger. Art interiors (art direction) by Edward Shulter. Set decoration by George M. Carpenter. Props by Ben Critchley. Assistant director, Al E. Kelly. Cinematography by Robert B. Kurrle and Sol Polito. Camera assistant, Jack Huddleston. Film editor, Edward McDermott. / © 13 February 1920 by Metro Pictures Corporation [LP14741]. Released 29 February 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Two different endings were shot and made available to exhibitors to choose from for exhibition. The novel was previously filmed as The Right of Way (1915).

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 11 October 2023.

References: AFI-F1 nn. F1.3722, F1.3723; Drew-Speaking pp. 65, 276 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.

 
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