The Scarlet Car (1917)

  
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Compelling silent melodrama with an arresting performance by Lon Chaney as a small-town bank teller who confronts his embezzling boss and, after apparently killing him, hides out from the law in a remote cabin. Meanwhile, Chaney's daughter is wooed by the crooked banker's scheming son. Edith Johnson, Franklyn Farnum also star. 57 min. Standard; Soundtrack: music score; bonus short "The Fireman" (1916). Silent with music score.
 
SKU: D01797
$14.99
Regularly $19.99
Category:
Silents
Director:
Joseph De Grasse
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White
Format: 
Fullscreen
Closed Captioned:
 No
Cast:  Franklyn Farnum, Al Filson, Lon Chaney, Edith Johnson, Sam de Grasse, Howard Crampton, William Lloyd
(1922) DVD - Starring: Lon Chaney, Edith Roberts, De Witt Jennings - $18.99
(1924) DVD - Starring: Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert - $12.99
(1925) DVD - Starring: Lon Chaney, Mae Busch, Matt Moore - $12.99
 

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