# The Scarlet Runner

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{{short description|1916 film}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = The Scarlet Runner
| image          = The Scarlet Runner.jpg
| caption        = Ad for the film
| director       = [William P. S. Earle](/source/William_P._S._Earle)<br>[Wally Van](/source/Wally_Van)
| producer       =
| writer         = [George H. Plympton](/source/George_H._Plympton)<br>[A. M. Williamson](/source/Alice_Muriel_Williamson)<br>[C. N. Williamson](/source/Charles_Norris_Williamson)
| starring       = [Earle Williams](/source/Earle_Williams)<br>Marguerite Blake
| cinematography =
| editing        =
| distributor    = [Vitagraph Company of America](/source/Vitagraph_Company_of_America)
| released       = {{Film date|1916|10|2}}
| runtime        = 12 episodes
| country        = United States
| language       = Silent with English intertitles
}}

'''''The Scarlet Runner''''' is a 1916 American [drama](/source/drama_film) [film serial](/source/film_serial) directed by [William P. S. Earle](/source/William_P._S._Earle) and [Wally Van](/source/Wally_Van). The film is considered [lost](/source/lost_film).<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/ScarletRunner1916.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Scarlet Runner |accessdate=February 18, 2008|work=Silent Era}}</ref>

==Plot==
A series of 12 two-reel episodes, each a separate story related to the adventures of Christopher Race and his high-powered automobile, "The Scarlet Runner". Every episode has a different cast, except for the continuing role of Earle Williams.

==Cast==
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* [Earle Williams](/source/Earle_Williams) as Christopher Race
* Marguerite Blake as Lady Ivy
* [L. Rogers Lytton](/source/L._Rogers_Lytton) as Baron Von Hess
* [Charles Kent](/source/Charles_Kent_(actor)) as James Race
* [Dorothy Kelly](/source/Dorothy_Kelly) as Miss Collingwood
* Leila Blow as Mrs. Collingwood
* [Donald Hall](/source/Donald_Hall_(actor)) as Sir Gordon Race
* Lillian Tucker as Mrs. Dauray
* William R. Dunn as Fitzgerald
* Kalman Matus as Prince Mirco
* John Costello as Ambassador Rudovico
* Ethel Corcoran as Volda Rudovico
* [Grace Valentine](/source/Grace_Valentine) as Grace Norwood
* Zena Keefe as Sidney Chester / Dorothy Herbert
* Helen Pillsbury as The Mother
* [Walter McGrail](/source/Walter_McGrail) as Morley Chester
* [Raymond Walburn](/source/Raymond_Walburn) as John Brown
* [Gypsy O'Brien](/source/Gypsy_O'Brien) as Violet Hardcastle<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vL_eCQAAQBAJ&q=%22gypsy+o%27brien%22&pg=PA210 | title=Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956| isbn=9781476604480| last1=Rainey| first1=Buck| date=June 8, 2015| publisher=McFarland}}</ref>
* [Hattie Delaro](/source/Hattie_Delaro) (credited as Hattie De Laro)
{{Div col end}}

==Chapter titles==
thumb|right|'The Gold Cigarette Case' episode poster
# ''The Car and His Majesty''
# ''The Nuremberg Watch''
# ''The Masked Ball''
# ''The Hidden Prince''
# ''The Jacobean House''
# ''The Mysterious Motor Car''
# ''The Red Whiskered Man''
# ''The Glove and the Ring''
# ''The Gold Cigarette Case''
# ''The Lost Girl''
# ''The Missing Chapter''
# ''The Car and the Girl''

==See also==
* [List of film serials](/source/List_of_film_serials)
* [List of film serials by studio](/source/List_of_film_serials_by_studio)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0007303|title=The Scarlet Runner}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scarlet Runner, The}}
Category:1916 films
Category:1916 drama films
Category:1916 lost films
Category:1916 American films
Category:1916 English-language films
Category:American auto racing films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent serial films
Category:English-language drama films
Category:Films about automobiles
Category:Films based on works by Alice Williamson
Category:Films directed by William P. S. Earle
Category:Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton
Category:Lost American silent drama films
Category:Vitagraph Studios film serials

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