The Splendid Road

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The Splendid Road
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Written by J.G. Hawks
Based onThe Splendid Road
by Vingie E. Roe
Produced byFrank Lloyd
Starring Anna Q. Nilsson
Robert Frazer
Lionel Barrymore
Cinematography Norbert Brodine
Production
company
Frank Lloyd Productions
Distributed by First National Pictures
Release date
  • December 6, 1925 (1925-12-06)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Splendid Road is a 1925 American historical drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Anna Q. Nilsson, Robert Frazer, and Lionel Barrymore. [1] [2] Based upon the novel of the same name by Vingie E. Roe, the film is set during the 1849 California Gold Rush.

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Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine, [3] one of the passengers on a ship sailing from Boston around Cape Horn to California is an adventurous young woman, Sandra (Nilsson). A widow dies, and her little girl appeals to Sandra. Rather than split the little family, Sandra adopts all three children, and decides to remain in Sacramento and make a home for them. Chance brings Stanton Halliday (Frazer), an agent for John Grey (Davis), a capitalist, to her rescue and they become attracted to each other. Doctor Bidwell (Earle) loves the capitalist's daughter Lillian (Day) but, believing she loves Halliday, he persuades Sandra that she must give him up or ruin his career. Halliday is ordered to evict Sandra who is a squatter, but he refuses and goes to her rescue. Halliday is shot by Dan Chehollis (Barrymore), a gambler who seeks to force his attentions on Sandra. While convalescing, he learns of Bidwell's action and goes back to Sandra, arriving in time to take her and her family away to safety after a wild wagon ride, as floods have caused the levee to burst and the town is flooded.

Cast

Preservation

With no copies of The Splendid Road located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Goble p. 963
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Splendid Road at silentera.com
  3. ↑ Sewell, Charles S. (December 19, 1925). "Through the Box Office Window: The Splendid Road; Vigorous and Realistic Drama of Gold Rush of '49 in Splendid Frank Lloyd Production". The Moving Picture World. 77 (7). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 693. Retrieved October 29, 2021.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ "The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Splendid Road". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  5. ↑ The Splendid Road at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Lost First National films - 1925 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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