The Right Direction

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The Right Direction
The Right Direction 1916 film poster.jpg
Directed by E. Mason Hopper
Screenplay by Julia Crawford Ivers
Starring Vivian Martin
Colin Chase
Herbert Standing
Alfred Hollingsworth
Billy Mason
Baby Jack White
Cinematography James Van Trees
Production
company
Pallas Pictures
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • December 21, 1916 (1916-12-21)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Right Direction is a 1916 American comedy silent film directed by E. Mason Hopper, written by Julia Crawford Ivers, and starring Vivian Martin, Colin Chase, Herbert Standing, Alfred Hollingsworth, Billy Mason and Baby Jack White. The film was released on December 21, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

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Plot

It is a story of a little ragged girl that thinks she can walk to California in order that her little brother will get well. The many trials she goes through in getting to California with her four-year-old brother and a ragged dog. [3]

Cast

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References

  1. "The Right Direction". AFI. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. "Right Direction (1916) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. "Empress Today, Children's Day". The Daily Missoulian. January 13, 1917.