The Gilded Highway
- June 19, 1926 (1926-06-19)
The Gilded Highway is a lost 1926 American silent drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Dorothy Devore, John Harron, and Macklyn Arbuckle.[1][2]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[3] a rich uncle dies and leaves money to the Welby family. The results are disastrous. Young Jack Welby abandons Amabel, the young woman he is engaged to; his sister Primrose quits her fiance Hugo Blythe; and the whole family goes in for high living. In the end when they are broke, they come to their senses, but not before all family members experience considerable grief. A faithful former servant who runs their old home as a boarding house comes to their assistance. The lovers are reunited.
Cast
- Dorothy Devore as Primrose Welby
- John Harron as Jack Welby
- Macklyn Arbuckle as Jonathan Welby
- Myrna Loy as Inez Quartz
- Florence Turner as Mrs. Welby
- Sheldon Lewis as Uncle Nicholas Welby
- Andrée Tourneur as Amabel
- Gardner James as Hugo Blythe
- Mathilde Comont as Sarah
- Thomas R. Mills as Adolphus Faring
Preservation
With no prints of The Gilded Highway in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.
References
- ^ Leider, Emily W. (2011). Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood. University of California Press. p. 315. ISBN 978-0-520-25320-9.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Gilded Highway at silentera.com
- ^ Pardy, George T. (April 17, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: The Gilded Highway", Motion Picture News, 33 (16), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 1835, retrieved April 20, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Gilded Highway
External links
- The Gilded Highway at IMDb
- The Gilded Highway at the TCM Movie Database
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