''The Straight Road'' is a 1914 American

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

based upon the play by Clyde Fitch, directed by

Allan Dwan Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. Early life Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan, was ...

, and starring

Gladys Hanson Gladys Hanson (born Gladys Hanson Snook; September 5, 1884 – February 23, 1973) was a stage and silent film actress. Early years Hanson was born Gladys Hanson Snook, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Harrison Snook. Career Han ...

, William Russell, Iva Shepard,

Arthur Hoops Arthur Hoops (1870 – September 17, 1916) was an American stage and screen actor. Biography Born in Chicago in 1870, on the stage Hoops was primarily associated with actor James K. Hackett. From 1900 on Hoops supported or costarred with Ha ...

and

Lorraine Huling Lorraine Huling Maynard (January 19, 1897 – November 15, 1971) was a silent film actress and writer. Early life Born in Oakesdale, Washington, Maynard was the daughter of Mr and Mrs. C. Floyd Huling, and she grew up in Bennington, Vermont. T ...

. It was released on November 12, 1914, by

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...

Cast

as Mary 'Moll' O'Hara * William Russell as Bill Hubbell * Iva Shepard as Lazy Liz *

as Douglas Aines *

as Ruth Thompson

Preservation status

*The film is preserved in the

Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is ...

collection

Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation The National Audiovisual Conservation Center, also known as the Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation, is the Library of Congress's audiovisual archive located inside Mount Pony in Culpeper, Virginia. Establishment From 1969 to 1988, th ...

.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', (<-book title) page 175 c.1978 by the American Film Institute

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* 1914 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1914 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Allan Dwan American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1910s American films English-language drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub