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The Scarlet Car

  • 1917
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
120
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Franklyn Farnum in The Scarlet Car (1917)
Drama

After discovering that Cyrus Peabody, the president of the bank, and his son Ernest have embezzled $35,000, their cashier, Paul Revere Forbes, threatens to expose them. In a rage, the two me... Read allAfter discovering that Cyrus Peabody, the president of the bank, and his son Ernest have embezzled $35,000, their cashier, Paul Revere Forbes, threatens to expose them. In a rage, the two men strike him on the head and, persuaded that the busybody is dead, ask their broker to dum... Read allAfter discovering that Cyrus Peabody, the president of the bank, and his son Ernest have embezzled $35,000, their cashier, Paul Revere Forbes, threatens to expose them. In a rage, the two men strike him on the head and, persuaded that the busybody is dead, ask their broker to dump the body off in a deserted place. But the broker has an accident and is killed in the cr... Read all

  • Director
    • Joseph De Grasse
  • Writers
    • Richard Harding Davis
    • William Parker
  • Stars
    • Franklyn Farnum
    • Edith Johnson
    • Lon Chaney
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    120
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joseph De Grasse
    • Writers
      • Richard Harding Davis
      • William Parker
    • Stars
      • Franklyn Farnum
      • Edith Johnson
      • Lon Chaney
    • 10User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Lon Chaney in The Scarlet Car (1917)
    Lon Chaney in The Scarlet Car (1917)
    Lon Chaney in The Scarlet Car (1917)
    The Scarlet Car (1917)

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    Franklyn Farnum
    Franklyn Farnum
    • Billy Winthrop
    Edith Johnson
    Edith Johnson
    • Beatrice Forbes
    Lon Chaney
    Lon Chaney
    • Paul Revere Forbes
    Sam De Grasse
    Sam De Grasse
    • Ernest Peabody
    Al W. Filson
    Al W. Filson
    • Samuel Winthrop
    Howard Crampton
    Howard Crampton
    • Cyrus Peabody
    William Lloyd
    • Jim Pettit
    Allan Cavan
    Allan Cavan
    • Mob Member
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Filson
    • Phil Hastings
    • (uncredited)
    William Humphrey
    William Humphrey
    • Member of Directors Meeting
    • (uncredited)
    Nelson McDowell
    Nelson McDowell
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Lon Poff
    Lon Poff
    • Constable
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Tenbrook
    Harry Tenbrook
    • Scrapper
    • (uncredited)
    Lule Warrenton
    Lule Warrenton
    • Mrs. Peabody
    • (uncredited)
    S.D. Wilcox
    S.D. Wilcox
    • Mob Member
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Joseph De Grasse
    • Writers
      • Richard Harding Davis
      • William Parker
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    • Trivia
      Original literary source: "The Scarlet Car", novel by Richard Harding Davis, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City, 1907, Illustrations by Frederic Dor Steele, 166 p.
    • Connections
      Featured in Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)

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    6/10
    Delightful Scent Of The Past
    "The Scarlet Car", a film directed by Herr Joseph DeGrasse, older brother of the actor Sam DeGrasse, who obviously plays a role in this film ( in what is a good example of Amerikan nepotism… ), tells a story about bankers and crooks ( both concepts are synonymous, certainly… ) and murder and matrimony ( include here the same German comments of a moment ago ).

    For the aristocracy and silent fans the most interesting aspect of this film is that it is one of Herr Chaney's earliest surviving films. Herr Chaney has a small but very important and decisive role, playing a bank cashier, Paul Revere Forbes, that works for two crooked bankers, Ernst and Cyrus Peabody ( Howard Crampton and Sam DeGrasse ), father and son respectively; they forge the bank's money and Herr Forbes knows everything about this; in order to have no trouble, the crooked bankers murder Forbes, not knowing that in this way they get involved in more troubles…

    Anyway Herr Chaney is so great playing his characters, even the early ones, that he plays dead superbly in the film in order to put things right, incidentally marrying his daughter Beatrice ( Edith Johnson ) to Billy Winthrop ( Franklyn Farnum ), a promising business man.

    The film has a certain and delightful scent of the past, including memories of old battles and such typical local customs as tarring and feathering people, peculiar scenes of a small Amerikan village, certainly… this film seems also to be an episode of one of those early silent serials in its concept and with its narrative, including two illuminating flashbacks for the service of a final thrilling climax.

    And now, if you'll allow me, I must temporarily take my leave because this German Count must check that the bank accounts of his fat and rich German heiresses are in order.

    Herr Graf Ferdinand Von Galitzien http://ferdinandvongalitzien.blogspot.com/
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    • Mar 22, 2007

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    • Release date
      • December 24, 1917 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La voiture rouge
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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