Up the Road with Sallie explained

Up the Road with Sallie
Director:	William Desmond Taylor
Producer:	Lewis J. Selznick
Based On:	the novel Up the Road with Sallie by Frances Roberta Sterrett
Starring:	Constance Talmadge Norman Kerry
Cinematography:	Frank E. Garbutt Homer Scott
Distributor:	Select Pictures
Runtime:	50 minutes
Country:	USA
Language:	Silent..English intertitles

Up the Road with Sallie is a surviving^[1] 1918 silent film comedy-romance directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring Constance Talmadge. It was produced by Lewis J. Selznick and released through his Select Picture Corporation. It is preserved in the UCLA Film and Television Archive.^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Constance Talmadge - Sallie Waters
• Norman Kerry - Joshua Cabot II, alias Smith Jones
• Kate Toncray - Martha Cabot
• Thomas Persse - John Henderson, alias John Johnson
• Karl Formes - Judge Joshua Cabot
• M. B. Paanakker - Richard Cabot

Critical appraisal

Up the Road With Sallie is “typical of many unpretentious but entertaining features” that in the silent era ran about an hour (typically of 4-or 5-reel productions). Film historian Charles Hopkins of the UCLA Film and Television Archive remarks:

Sources

• Hopkins, Charles. Up the Road with Sallie, 1916. UCLA Film and Television Archive: 12th Festival of Preservation, July 22-August 21, 2004. Festival guest handbook.

External links

• Up the Road with Sallie at IMDb.com
  • a couple of lobby cards(archived)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Up The Road With Sallie. Constance. Talmadge. May 21, 1918. memory.loc.gov.
2. Web site: Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List. www.silentera.com.
3. Web site: The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Up the Road with Sallie.