The Iron Trail Explained

The Iron Trail
Director:	Roy William Neill
Producer:	Whitman Bennett
Screenplay:	Dorothy Farnum
Starring:	Wyndham Standing Thurston Hall Reginald Denny Alma Tell Harlan Knight
Cinematography:	Ernest Haller
Studio:	Bennett Pictures
Distributor:	United Artists
Runtime:	70 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Iron Trail is a 1921 American silent adventure film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Dorothy Farnum. The film stars Wyndham Standing, Thurston Hall, Reginald Denny, Alma Tell, and Harlan Knight. The film was released on October 30, 1921, by United Artists.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

Competing efforts to build railways into interior Alaska in the early part of the 20th century.

Cast

• Wyndham Standing as Murray O'Neil
• Thurston Hall as Curtis Gordon
• Reginald Denny as Dan Appleton
• Alma Tell as Eliza Appleton
• Harlan Knight as Tom Slater
• Betty Carpenter as Natalie
• Lee Beggs as Dr. Cyrus Gray
• Bert Starkey as Denny
• Danny Hayes as Linn
• Eulalie Jensen as Mrs. Gordon

Preservation

This film is preserved at the Gosfilmofond archive in Moscow.^[4]

External links

• • The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Iron Trail
  • Digital twin of the unfinished tunnel

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Iron Trail (1921) - Overview - TCM.com. Turner Classic Movies. October 4, 2014.
2. Web site: The Iron Trail (1921) . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006135346/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/96763/Iron-Trail/overview. dead. October 6, 2014. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Janiss Garza. 2014. October 4, 2014.
3. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/I/IronTrail1921.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Iron Trail
4. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1526/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Iron Trail