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Across the Continent

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'Across the Continent' is a lost[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3295/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Across the Continent'][https://web.archive.org/web/20160409055616/http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/index.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Across the Continent'] at silentera.com silent film released by Paramount Pictures in June 1922, and was one of star Wallace Reid's last performances.

This film was also the opening night film of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on June 22, 1922.

Plot



As described in a film magazine, Jimmy Dent (Reid), son of John Dent (Roberts) the maker of the reliable but plain Dent automobiles, is dismissed from the firm after he refuses to drive a Dent. He goes west with the Tyler family, owners of a rival automobile firm, in one of their expensive high speed cars. The elder Dent attempts to break the cross-country record held by a Tyler automobile with a Dent vehicle, but Tyler's men waylay his drivers. Jimmy offers a cash prize for a free-for-all cross-country race, and drives the Dent when his father's driver betrays him. He passes the slate of drivers when rain in the mountains ties them up and wins the race driving the trusty Dent. Jimmy ends up marrying the elder Dent's effective stenographer Louise Fowler (MacLaren), who dons a mechanic's overalls to help in the big finish.

Cast



* Wallace Reid as Jimmy Dent

* Mary MacLaren as Louise Fowler

* Theodore Roberts as John Dent

* Betty Francisco as Lorraine Tyler

* Walter Long as Dutton Tyler

* Lucien Littlefield as Scott Tyler

* Jack Herbert as Art Roger

* Guy Oliver as Irishman

* Sidney D'Albrook as Tom Brice

Production



The Dent automobiles were Ford Model T's with disguised radiators.

See also



*Wallace Reid filmography

References




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