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]
| The Gilded Highway | |
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| Directed by | J. Stuart Blackton |
| Written by | Marian Constance Blackton (adaptation) |
| Based on | A Little More by William Babington Maxwell |
| Starring | Dorothy Devore John Harron Macklyn Arbuckle |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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.
