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The Risky Road

1918·Movie
50min·NR

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No humor.

Energy

Calm and low-key

  • Tension5
  • Fast Pace3
  • Spectacle3

Heart

Deeply moving and melancholic

Much of it is about growing up.

  • Pathos9
  • Melancholy8
  • Nostalgia7

Humor

A little humor

Not a comedy at heart.

  • Wit & Wordplay3
  • Physical Comedy1
  • Satire & Parody1

World

History, society, and growing up

  • World Immersion7
  • Novelty7
  • Dialogue Centrality6

Craft

Solid, not remarkable

  • Direction7
  • Acting7
  • Narrative Structure7

Style

Standout cinematography

  • Cinematography8
  • Editing7
  • Visual Stylization6

Who it's for

AdultsFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-Provoking

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About

Ida May Park started in the film business as a scriptwriter, but in 1917 Universal announced that Park would direct films with actress and producer Dorothy Phillips for the company’s Bluebird brand. Park’s films often had a strong female perspective and The Risky Road is no exception. The story of a country girl who comes to the city to work, but falls for a rich man and undeservedly gets a bad reputation, the film was marketed as “the drama every woman should see”. The surviving fragment, showing the despair of Phillips’s character, is a real cinematic gem that leaves one yearning for more material of the film to be discovered. In 2008, a tinted nitrate fragment, with Swedish intertitles at the opening of the second reel, was deposited at the Archival Film Collections of the Svenska Filminstitutet. From the fragment, a 35mm B&W duplicate negative was made, from which this print was struck using the tinting of the nitrate as color reference.
Silent FilmEarly CinemaSocial DramaFemale PerspectiveHistorical MelodramaLost FilmFilm PreservationGender RolesEmotional DepthCity Life

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Is The Risky Road worth watching?

43
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Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 44/100 (IMDb 5.2). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.

What is The Risky Road rated?

NR

It's rated NR in the United States.

How long is The Risky Road?

0 h 50 min

The Risky Road runs 0 h 50 min.

What language is The Risky Road in?

Englishxx

It was made in English, with some xx. Produced in United States.