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Ruler of the Road
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Ernest C. Warde
Cast: Frank Keenan [Simeon Tetlow], Kathryn Lean [Edith Burton], Thomas Jackson [John Bennett], Frank Sheridan [Hugh Tomlinson], Ned Burton [J. Montgomery Nixon], John Charles [Gus Harrington]
Pathé Exchange, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by Gilson Willetts; from the novel Simeon Tetlow’s Shadow by Jennette Barbour Perry Lee. / © 7 May 1918 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LU12372]. Released 21 April 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Frank Keenan, president of the Stillwater Railroad, demands that Hugh Tomlinson, an engineer who has been on duty for eighteen hours, make another run. Tomlinson falls asleep at the throttle, and a collision results. The engineer is discharged, and dissension spreads among his co-workers. J. Montgomery Nixon, the scheming president of the Central Railroad, tries to ruin the Stillwater system, but is foiled by Simeon Tetlow, of the latter company. Unknown to Tomlinson he is given aid by Tetlow, but the engineer continues to work against him. The differences between the two men are straightened out by the engineer’s little grand-daughter, and after the grievances of the workmen of the Stillwater company have been settled, Tomlinson is appointed to run Tetlow’s special train.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA]
Listing updated: 25 April 2025.
References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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