The Only Road (1918)
Western | 10 June 1918
Director:
Frank ReicherWriters:
George D. Baker, Albert Shelby Le VinoProduction Company:
Metro Pictures Corp.Principal photography took place in May 1918 at Metro Pictures Corp.’s studio in Hollywood, CA. Some location filming took place at Mission San Fernando Rey de España in Mission Hills, CA, as indicated by a 25 May 1918 Exhibitors Herald item, which noted that, in exchange for shooting there, Metro donated money for restoration of the mission’s buildings.
In various contemporary sources, the release date is listed alternately as 3 Jun 1918 and 10 Jun 1918. An advertisement in the 8 Jun 1918 [Brooklyn, NY] Chat announced a 10 Jun 1918 opening at the Alhambra Theatre. For the Chicago, IL, release, the Chicago Board of Censors demanded that cuts be made to the fourth reel of the film. A news brief in the 6 Jul 1918 Exhibitors Herald listed the cuts as follows: “Reel 4, binding man’s hands; all views of putting rope around man’s neck and man with rope around neck except scene where girl shoots rope.”
C. H. Geldert was cast in the role of “Jeff Peters, ranch foreman,” according to the 11 May 1918 Exhibitors Herald. ...
Principal photography took place in May 1918 at Metro Pictures Corp.’s studio in Hollywood, CA. Some location filming took place at Mission San Fernando Rey de España in Mission Hills, CA, as indicated by a 25 May 1918 Exhibitors Herald item, which noted that, in exchange for shooting there, Metro donated money for restoration of the mission’s buildings.
In various contemporary sources, the release date is listed alternately as 3 Jun 1918 and 10 Jun 1918. An advertisement in the 8 Jun 1918 [Brooklyn, NY] Chat announced a 10 Jun 1918 opening at the Alhambra Theatre. For the Chicago, IL, release, the Chicago Board of Censors demanded that cuts be made to the fourth reel of the film. A news brief in the 6 Jul 1918 Exhibitors Herald listed the cuts as follows: “Reel 4, binding man’s hands; all views of putting rope around man’s neck and man with rope around neck except scene where girl shoots rope.”
C. H. Geldert was cast in the role of “Jeff Peters, ranch foreman,” according to the 11 May 1918 Exhibitors Herald.
Nita, a tomboy who sells vegetables in a sleepy California town, believes herself to be the daughter of poor ranch workers Manuel and Rosa Lopez. Traveling into town, she is attacked by Pedro Lupo, the son of lawyer Ramon Lupo. She is defended by Bob Armstrong, an Easterner visiting his father's wealthy friend, Clara Hawkins. When Pedro learns that Nita is actually Clara Hawkins's daughter, stolen at birth and long presumed dead, he insists that she marry him, but she refuses. Bob rescues Nita from the room in which she has been imprisoned, and the Lupos, furious at his interference, tell the sheriff that Bob has compromised the girl. Bob marries Nita at the sheriff's gunpoint and then places her in a convent, from which she later escapes. Nita flees to the Hawkins ranch, and after Ramon reveals her identity to Clara, she is happily reunited with her mother and her new ...
Nita, a tomboy who sells vegetables in a sleepy California town, believes herself to be the daughter of poor ranch workers Manuel and Rosa Lopez. Traveling into town, she is attacked by Pedro Lupo, the son of lawyer Ramon Lupo. She is defended by Bob Armstrong, an Easterner visiting his father's wealthy friend, Clara Hawkins. When Pedro learns that Nita is actually Clara Hawkins's daughter, stolen at birth and long presumed dead, he insists that she marry him, but she refuses. Bob rescues Nita from the room in which she has been imprisoned, and the Lupos, furious at his interference, tell the sheriff that Bob has compromised the girl. Bob marries Nita at the sheriff's gunpoint and then places her in a convent, from which she later escapes. Nita flees to the Hawkins ranch, and after Ramon reveals her identity to Clara, she is happily reunited with her mother and her new husband.
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