The Scarlet Car
The Scarlet Car is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney. The film is based upon the novel The Scarlet Car by Richard Harding Davis, which also was the basis of a 1923 film of the same name. A print of the 1917 film exists and has been released on DVD.
The film is a member of the Universal-produced and Carl Laemmle-selected "The Laemmle Nine", which also includes A Dangerous Game, The Flaming Hour, The Ghost Patrol, Kindled Courage, The Power of a Lie, The First Degree, The Love Letter, and The Gentleman From America.Cast
Like many American films of the time, The Scarlet Car was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of slugging the man, the shortening of the fight scene in the lobby, and to flash the mob scene at the beginning of a reel.
