Straight Is the Way (1921 film)

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Straight Is the Way
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Directed by Robert G. Vignola
Screenplay by Frances Marion
Ethel Watts Mumford
Starring Matt Moore
Mabel Bert
Gladys Leslie
George Parsons
CinematographyAl Liguori
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • March 6, 1921 (1921-03-06)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Straight Is the Way is a surviving 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Robert G. Vignola, written by Frances Marion and Ethel Watts Mumford, and starring Matt Moore, Mabel Bert, Gladys Leslie, George Parsons, Henry Sedley, Van Dyke Brooke, and Emily Fitzroy. It was released on March 6, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. [1]

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Plot

An old woman and her niece, an orphan, consult an ouija board to locate a hidden treasure in order to save their mortgaged home. [2]

Cast

Preservation status

A copy of Straight Is the Way survives in the Library of Congress collection. [3] [4] Edward Lorusso produced a DVD of the film in 2021 with a music score by David Drazin.

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References

  1. "Straight Is the Way (1921) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  2. "Henry Sedley Falls Hard for Realism on Reel". The San Francisco Examiner. April 14, 1921. p. 15 via newspapers.com.
  3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and the United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 175 c.1978 by the American Film Institute
  4. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Straight is the Way