The Road Through the Dark

The Road Through the Dark
The Road Through the Dark
Directed by	Edmund Mortimer
Written by	Kathryn Stuart ; Maude Radford Warren ;
Produced by	Clara Kimball Young
Starring	Clara Kimball Young ; Jack Holt ; Elinor Fair ;
Cinematography	Arthur Edeson
Production; company	Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation
Distributed by	Selznick Pictures
Release date	November 1918;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles ;

Last updated January 28, 2026

The Road Through the Dark is a 1918 American silent war drama film directed by Edmund Mortimer and starring Clara Kimball Young, Jack Holt, and Elinor Fair.^[1] It was made as an anti-German propaganda piece during World War I.

Plot

Cast

Clara Kimball Young as Gabrielle Jardee
Jack Holt as Duke Karl
Henry Woodward as John Morgan
Elinor Fair as Marie-Louise
Bobby Connelly as Georges
John Steppling as Antoine Jardee
Lillian Leighton as Louise Jardee
Edward Kimball as Father Alphonse
Elmo Lincoln as Pvt. Schultz
Eugenie Besserer as Aunt Julie

References

↑ Langman p. 268

Bibliography

Langman, Larry. American Film Cycles: The Silent Era. Greenwood Publishing, 1998.

External links

The Road Through the Dark at IMDb

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[1] Langman p. 268

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