The Straight Road Explained

The Straight Road
Director:	Allan Dwan
Producer:	Daniel Frohman
Screenplay:	Clyde Fitch(play)
Starring:	Gladys Hanson William Russell Iva Shepard Arthur Hoops Lorraine Huling
Studio:	Famous Players Film Company
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Country:	United States
Language:	English

The Straight Road is a 1914 American drama silent film based upon the play by Clyde Fitch, directed by Allan Dwan, and starring Gladys Hanson, William Russell, Iva Shepard, Arthur Hoops and Lorraine Huling. It was released on November 12, 1914, by Paramount Pictures.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Gladys Hanson as Mary 'Moll' O'Hara
• William Russell as Bill Hubbell
• Iva Shepard as Lazy Liz
• Arthur Hoops as Douglas Aines
• Lorraine Huling as Ruth Thompson

Preservation status

• The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: The-Straight-Road - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220052858/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/111886/The-Straight-Road/overview. dead. 20 December 2014. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Hal Erickson. Hal Erickson (author). 2014. 20 December 2014.
2. Web site: The Straight Road (1914) - Overview - TCM.com. Turner Classic Movies. 20 December 2014.
3. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9560/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Straight Road
4. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) page 175 c.1978 by the American Film Institute