Straight Is the Way (1921 film) explained

Straight Is the Way
Director:	Robert G. Vignola
Screenplay:	Frances Marion Ethel Watts Mumford
Starring:	Matt Moore Mabel Bert Gladys Leslie George Parsons
Cinematography:	Al Liguori
Studio:	Cosmopolitan Productions
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	50 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Straight Is the Way is a surviving 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Robert G. Vignola, written by Frances Marion and Ethel Watts Mumford, and starring Matt Moore, Mabel Bert, Gladys Leslie, George Parsons, Henry Sedley, Van Dyke Brooke, and Emily Fitzroy. It was released on March 6, 1921, by Paramount Pictures.^[1]

Plot

An old woman and her niece, an orphan, consult an ouija board to locate a hidden treasure in order to save their mortgaged home.^[2]

Cast

• Matt Moore as 'Cat' Carter
• Mabel Bert as Aunt Mehitabel
• Gladys Leslie as Dorcas
• George Parsons as 'Loot' Follett
• Henry Sedley as Jonathan Squoggs
• Van Dyke Brooke as Const. Whipple
• Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Crabtree
• Peggy Parr as Bobby

Preservation status

A copy of Straight Is the Way survives in the Library of Congress collection.^{[3] [4]} Edward Lorusso produced a DVD of the film in 2021 with a music score by David Drazin.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Straight Is the Way (1921) - Overview - TCM.com. Turner Classic Movies. January 24, 2015.
2. News: Henry Sedley Falls Hard for Realism on Reel . The San Francisco Examiner . 14 April 1921 . 15. newspapers.com.
3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and the United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 175 c.1978 by the American Film Institute
4. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2256/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Straight is the Way