A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Home Trail
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William Wolbert

Cast: Nell Shipman [Clara], Alfred Whitman (Gayne Whitman) [Tom Evans], Joe Rickson [Blackie], Patricia Palmer [Elsie], Hal Wilson [Higgins], S.E. Jennings [the sheriff]

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by Greater Vitagraph, Incorporated [A Blue Ribbon Feature]. / Scenario by George H. Plympton. Cinematography by Reginald Lyons. Presented by Albert E. Smith. / © 18 March 1918 by The Vitagraph Company of America [LP12192]. Released 25 March 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 15 January 2025.

References: ClasIm-220 p. 42 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.