Canadian lawyer charley steele (conrad nagel) enjoys the drink. He gets clunked on the head during a fight over money. Some bad acting and bad accents in this one. It's all so forced. And the sound quality is pretty iffy. To be fair, the thing is almost 95 years old. Loretta young is the nurse who helps steele recover from his injury up in the woods. When he recovers, steele realizes he has more problems now than when he was blissfully out of it. Strange ending. Especially since we were still pre-film code, and in canada to boot. The story is pretty droll and outdated. But it is an early speaking, starring role for loretta young. Directed by frank lloyd, who won two oscars! And nominated for two more. Based on the book and play by gilbert parker. This was a remake of the films from 1915 and 1920. Parker had a bunch of his works made into film in the early 1900s. Apparently nagel was hollywood royalty for making the transition from silent to sound, and being a founder of the various actor organizations. The official math would make young about 17 years old, but she looks older than that in this one.
Review of The Right of Way
