The Scarlet Runner is a 1916 drama

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 film serial directed by William P.S. Earle and Wally Van

Wally Van

Wally Van was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in 75 films between 1913 and 1925...

. The film is considered to be lost

Lost film

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Plot summary

A series of 12 2-reel episodes, each a separate and unrelated story, relating the adventures of Christopher Race and his high-powered automobile, "The Scarlet Runner". Each episode has a different cast, except for the continuing role of Earle Williams.

Cast

• Earle Williams
  Earle Williams
  Earle Williams was a silent film star....
  
   - Christopher Race
• Marguerite Blake - Lady Ivy
• L. Rogers Lytton
  L. Rogers Lytton
  L. Rogers Lytton was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 87 films between 1912 and 1924. Prior to entering films he had a substantial stage career behind him....
  
   - Baron von Hess
• Charles Kent
  Charles Kent (actor)
  Charles Kent was a British-born American silent film actor and director. He appeared in 141 films between 1908 and 1923...
  
   - James Race
• Dorothy Kelly
  Dorothy Kelly
  Dorothy Kelly was an American motion picture actress of the early silent film era.- Personal life :Dorothy Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bessie and Thomas Kelly, descendants of Irish Quakers. In August 1916 she married wealthy lumber dealer Harvey Hevenor...
  
   - Miss Collingwood
• Leila Blow - Mrs. Collingwood
• Donald Hall - Sir Gordon Race
• Lillian Tucker - Mrs. Dauray
• William R. Dunn - Fitzgerald
• Kalman Matus - Prince Mirco
• John Costello - Ambassador Rudovico
• Ethel Corcoran - Volda Rudovico
• Zena Keefe - Sidney Chester / Dorothy Herbert
• Helen Pillsbury - The Mother
• Walter McGrail
  Walter McGrail
  Walter McGrail was an American film actor. He appeared in over 150 films between 1916 and 1951.He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in San Francisco, California, at the age of 81.-Selected filmography:...
  
  - Morley Chester

Chapter titles

1. The Car and His Majesty
2. The Nurenberg Watch
3. The Maskd Ball
4. The Hidden Prince
5. The Jacobean House
6. The Mysterious Motor Car
7. The Red Whiskered Man
8. The Glove and The Ring
9. The Gold Cigarette Case
10. The Lost Girl
11. The Missing Chapter
12. The Car And The Girl