The Rail Rider

1916 film by Maurice Tourneur
  • House Peters
  • Bertram Marburgh
  • Henry West
CinematographyJohn van den BroekEdited byClarence Brown
Production
company
Paragon Films
Distributed byWorld Film
Release date
  • August 21, 1916 (1916-08-21)
Running time
5 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Rail Rider is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring House Peters, Bertram Marburgh, and Henry West.[1] Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Ben Carré.

Cast

  • House Peters as Jim Lewis
  • Bertram Marburgh as 'B,' the enigma of the D & O
  • Henry West as Bill Carney
  • A. Harrington as Theodore C Barker
  • Zena Keefe as Mildred Barker

Preservation status

Fragmentary prints of The Rail Rider survive in the Library of Congress and the Dawson City collection of the Library and Archives Canada.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Waldman p. 93
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Rail Rider at silentera.com
  3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Rail Rider

Bibliography

  • Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2001.

External links

  • The Rail Rider at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Synopsis at AllMovie
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