The Roaring Road (1926 film)

The Roaring Road
Directed by	Paul Hurst
Produced by	Bud Barsky
Starring	Kenneth MacDonald Jane Thomas William H. Strauss
Cinematography	Jack Cotner
Production company	Bud Barsky Corporation
Distributed by	Bud Barsky Corporation
Release date	May 1, 1926 (1926-05-01)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Roaring Road is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Paul Hurst and starring Kenneth MacDonald, Jane Thomas and William H. Strauss. ^[1] Location shooting took place around Los Angeles including the Legion Ascot Speedway. A young racing driver pioneers a new car and enters it into a hundred-mile race. A restored version of the film premiered on Turner Classic Movies in 2021, with the print provided by Mark Heller’s Streamline Cinema and funded by The Academy Film Archive. ^[2]

Cast

• Kenneth MacDonald as Jimmie Miller
• Jane Thomas as Minnie Rosenburg
• William H. Strauss as Sol Rosenburg
• George Bunny as James Miller
• Jeanne Wray as Betty - Rosenburg's Stenographer
• Ben Corbett as Henchman
• Paul Hurst as Checking Board Tabulator

References

1. Conelly p.237
2. Bengtson, John (October 23, 2021). "The Roaring Road – rare 'new' views of early Hollywood". Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd film locations (and more). Retrieved July 9, 2024.

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• The Roaring Road at IMDb