The Rail Rider Explained

The Rail Rider
Editing:	Clarence Brown
Cinematography:	John van den Broek
Studio:	Paragon Films
Distributor:	World Film
Runtime:	5 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (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]}

Bibliography

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

Notes and References

1. Waldman p. 93
2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/RailRider1916.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Rail Rider
3. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2560/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Rail Rider