The Hidden Way

{{short description|1926 film by Joe De Grasse}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Hidden Way | image = The Hidden Way (1926) - 1.jpg | caption = Advertisement | director = Joseph De Grasse | producer = Joseph De Grasse | writer = Ida May Park | starring = Mary Carr | music = | cinematography = Joseph Dubray | editing = | studio = Joseph De Grasse Productions | distributor = Associated Exhibitors | released = {{Film date|1926|07|26}} | runtime = 6 reels | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) }} '''''The Hidden Way''''' is a surviving 1926 American silent crime drama film produced and directed by Joseph De Grasse, written by his wife Ida May Park and starring Mary Carr, Gloria Grey, and Thomas Santschi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: The Hidden Way |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/9720?sid |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>

==Plot== Two ex-prisoners join the crook. After saving the life of a farm girl, they receive housing from her widowed mother. An elderly man and a con man come up with a plan to trick a generous lady into believing that there is a valuable mineral spring on her land.

==Cast== *Mary Carr as Mother *Gloria Grey as Mary *Thomas Santschi as Bill *Arthur Rankin as Harry *Ned Sparks as Mulligan *Jane Thomas as The Woman *Billie Jeane Phelps as The Child *Wilbur Mack as Sid Atkins *William Ryno as Samuel Atkins

==Preservation== The film was considered lost for decades until a print surfaced in near mint condition in New Zealand.<ref>{{Citation |last=De Grasse |first=Joseph |title=The Hidden Way |date=1926 |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3036/default.html |access-date=2024-02-06 |last2=Carr |first2=Mary}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0016964}} *{{Youtube|vsJk7kQtH8o|''The Hidden Way'' (1926)}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hidden Way, The}} Category:1926 films Category:American silent feature films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Joseph De Grasse Category:1926 crime drama films Category:Associated Exhibitors films Category:1926 American films Category:American silent crime drama films Category:1926 English-language films Category:English-language crime drama films