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The Risky Road
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Ida May Park

Cast: Dorothy Phillips [Marjorie Helmer], William Stowell [Melville Kingston], Juanita Hansen [Lottie Bangor], Claire Du Brey [Mrs. Miles Kingston], George Cheseboro [Robert Grant], Edward Cecil [Miles Kingston], Joseph Girard [Van Belt], Sally Starr [Myrtle]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [A Dorothy Phillips Production]. / Scenario by Ida May Park, from the short story “Her Fling” by Katherine Leiser Robbins. / © 27 March 1918 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP12241]. Released 8 April 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Her Fling.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 May 2023.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 30 : Website-AFI.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.