Across the Continent

Across the Continent
	Film still
Directed by	Phil Rosen
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse L. Lasky;
Written by	Byron Morgan
Starring	Wallace Reid; Mary MacLaren; Theodore Roberts;
Cinematography	Charles Schoenbaum
Production; company	Famous Players-Lasky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 4, 1922;
Running time	61 minutes (6 reels)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Across the Continent is a lost^[2]^[3] silent film released by Paramount Pictures in June 1922, and was one of star Wallace Reid's last performances.

This film was also the opening night film of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on June 22, 1922.

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] Jimmy Dent (Reid), son of John Dent (Roberts) the maker of the reliable but plain Dent automobiles, is dismissed from the firm after he refuses to drive a Dent. He goes west with the Tyler family, owners of a rival automobile firm, in one of their expensive high speed cars. The elder Dent attempts to break the cross-country record held by a Tyler automobile with a Dent vehicle, but Tyler's men waylay his drivers. Jimmy offers a cash prize for a free-for-all cross-country race, and drives the Dent when his father's driver betrays him. He passes the slate of drivers when rain in the mountains ties them up and wins the race driving the trusty Dent. Jimmy ends up marrying the elder Dent's effective stenographer Louise Fowler (MacLaren), who dons a mechanic's overalls to help in the big finish.

Cast

Wallace Reid as Jimmy Dent
Mary MacLaren as Louise Fowler
Theodore Roberts as John Dent
Betty Francisco as Lorraine Tyler
Walter Long as Dutton Tyler
Lucien Littlefield as Scott Tyler
Jack Herbert as Art Roger
Guy Oliver as Irishman
Sidney D'Albrook as Tom Brice

Production

The Dent automobiles were Ford Model T's with disguised radiators.^[4]

References

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Across the Continent
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Across the Continent
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Across the Continent at silentera.com
^ ^a ^b "Reviews: Across the Continent". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 14 (22): 50. May 27, 1922.

External links

Across the Continent at AllMovie
Across the Continent at IMDb

[1] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Across the Continent

[2] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Across the Continent

[3] Progressive Silent Film List: Across the Continent at silentera.com

[Herald-4] "Reviews: Across the Continent". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 14 (22): 50. May 27, 1922.

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