The Roaring Road (1926 film) explained

The Roaring Road
Director:	Paul Hurst
Producer:	Bud Barsky
Starring:	Kenneth MacDonald Jane Thomas William H. Strauss
Cinematography:	Jack Cotner
Studio:	Bud Barsky Corporation
Distributor:	Bud Barsky Corporation
Runtime:	50 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

The Roaring Road is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Paul Hurst and starring Kenneth MacDonald, Jane Thomas and William H. Strauss.^[1] Location shooting took place around Los Angeles including the Legion Ascot Speedway. A young racing driver pioneers a new car and enters it into a hundred-mile race. A restored version of the film premiered on Turner Classic Movies in 2021, with the print provided by Mark Heller’s Streamline Cinema and funded by The Academy Film Archive.^[2]

Cast

• Kenneth MacDonald as Jimmie Miller
• Jane Thomas as Minnie Rosenburg
• William H. Strauss as Sol Rosenburg
• George Bunny as James Miller
• Jeanne Wray as Betty - Rosenburg's Stenographer
• Ben Corbett as Henchman
• Paul Hurst as Checking Board Tabulator

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

Notes and References

1. Conelly p.237
2. Web site: Bengtson . John . 2021-10-23 . The Roaring Road – rare ‘new’ views of early Hollywood . 2024-07-09 . Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd film locations (and more) . en.