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Straight Is the Way (1921 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Straight Is the Way' is a surviving 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Robert G. Vignola, written by Frances Marion and Ethel Watts Mumford, and starring Matt Moore, Mabel Bert, Gladys Leslie, George Parsons, Henry Sedley, Van Dyke Brooke, and Emily Fitzroy. It was released on March 6, 1921, by Paramount Pictures.
Plot
An old woman and her niece, an orphan, consult an ouija board to locate a hidden treasure in order to save their mortgaged home.
Cast
*Matt Moore as 'Cat' Carter
*Mabel Bert as Aunt Mehitabel
*Gladys Leslie as Dorcas
*George Parsons as 'Loot' Follett
*Henry Sedley as Jonathan Squoggs
*Van Dyke Brooke as Const. Whipple
*Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Crabtree
*Peggy Parr as Bobby
Preservation status
A copy of 'Straight Is the Way' survives in the Library of Congress collection.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and the United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress', p. 175 c.1978 by the American Film Institute[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2256/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Straight is the Way'] Edward Lorusso produced a DVD of the film in 2021 with a music score by David Drazin.
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