The Road to Love

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The Road to Love
Directed by Scott Sidney
Screenplay byBlanche Dougan Cole
Gardner Hunting
Produced by Oliver Morosco
Starring Lenore Ulric
Colin Chase
Lucille Ward
Estelle Allen
Gayne Whitman
Herschel Mayall
Cinematography James Van Trees
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • December 7, 1916 (1916-12-07)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Road to Love is a surviving 1916 American drama silent film directed by Scott Sidney and written by Blanche Dougan Cole and Gardner Hunting. The film stars Lenore Ulric, Colin Chase, Lucille Ward, Estelle Allen, Gayne Whitman and Herschel Mayall. The film was released on December 7, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

Contents

Plot

Cast

Preservation status

A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Janiss Garza (2016). "Road-to-Love - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. "The Road to Love". AFI. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.153 c.1978 by the American Film Institute
  4. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Road to Love