Fools Highway - Misplaced Pages

1924 film directed by Irving Cummings

Fools Highway
Poster
Directed by	Irving Cummings
Written by	Lenore J. Coffee Harvey Gates Emil Forst
Based on	My Marnie Rose; the Story of My Regeneration by Owen Kildare
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Mary Philbin
Cinematography	William Fildew
Distributed by	Universal Super-Jewel
Release date	March 1924 (1924-03)
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Fools Highway is a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Mary Philbin. The film was produced and released by Universal Pictures.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Mamie Rose, little mender of the shop of Old Levi, is loved by Mike Kildare, a pugilist and ward heeler of the Bowery of New York City. She repulses his advances, horrified by his business, but still fascinated by the tough man's brute strength and animal attraction. When he discovers that his love for her is a true and holy thing, he forsakes his gang. They then lay a trap for him and Mike ends up horribly beaten in an underground den. Then follows a gripping endowment, in which Mike wins the love of the young woman and joins forces with society against the law breakers of his former days.

Cast

Mary Philbin as Mamie Rose
Pat O'Malley as Mike Kildare
William Collier, Jr. as Max Davidson
Lincoln Plumer as Mike Flavin
Ed Brady as Jackie Doodle
Max Davidson as Old Levi
Kate Price as Mrs. Flannigan
Charles Murray as Mamie's Father
James Sheridan as Ole Larsen (credited as Sherry Tansey)
Steve Murphy as Chuck Connors
Tom O'Brien as Philadelphia O'Brien

Preservation

With no prints of Fools Highway located in any film archives, it is a lost film.

References

The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Fools Highway
Simmons, Michael L. (March 15, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Fools Highway". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 25. Retrieved September 29, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Fools Highway

External links

Fools Highway at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Progressive Silent Film List: Fools’ Highway at silentera.com (with still)

v t e Films directed by Irving Cummings
Flesh and Blood (1922) Broad Daylight (1922) The Jilt (1922) The Man from Hell's River (1922) Paid Back (1922) Environment (1922) The Drug Traffic (1923) East Side - West Side (1923) Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923) Stolen Secrets (1924) In Every Woman's Life (1924) Riders Up (1924) Fools Highway (1924) The Dancing Cheat (1924) The Rose of Paris (1924) As Man Desires (1925) One Year to Live (1925) Just a Woman (1925) The Desert Flower (1925) Infatuation (1925) The Johnstown Flood (1926) Rustling for Cupid (1926) The Midnight Kiss (1926) The Country Beyond (1926) Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926) The Brute (1927) The Port of Missing Girls (1928) Romance of the Underworld (1928) Dressed to Kill (1928) In Old Arizona (1928) Behind That Curtain (1929) Not Quite Decent (1929) Cameo Kirby (1930) On the Level (1930) A Devil with Women (1930) A Holy Terror (1931) The Cisco Kid (1931) Attorney for the Defense (1932) The Night Club Lady (1932) Man Against Woman (1932) Man Hunt (1933) The Woman I Stole (1933) The Mad Game (1933) I Believed in You (1934) Grand Canary (1934) The White Parade (1934) Curly Top (1935) It's a Small World (1935) Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) Girls' Dormitory (1936) White Hunter (1936) Vogues of 1938 (1937) Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937) Little Miss Broadway (1938) Just Around the Corner (1938) Everything Happens at Night (1939) Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) Lillian Russell (1940) Down Argentine Way (1940) That Night in Rio (1941) Belle Starr (1941) Louisiana Purchase (1941) My Gal Sal (1942) Springtime in the Rockies (1942) Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) What a Woman! (1943) The Impatient Years (1944) The Dolly Sisters (1945) Double Dynamite (1951)

Films directed by Irving Cummings

Flesh and Blood (1922)
Broad Daylight (1922)
The Jilt (1922)
The Man from Hell's River (1922)
Paid Back (1922)
Environment (1922)
The Drug Traffic (1923)
East Side - West Side (1923)
Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923)
Stolen Secrets (1924)
In Every Woman's Life (1924)
Riders Up (1924)
Fools Highway (1924)
The Dancing Cheat (1924)
The Rose of Paris (1924)
As Man Desires (1925)
One Year to Live (1925)
Just a Woman (1925)
The Desert Flower (1925)
Infatuation (1925)
The Johnstown Flood (1926)
Rustling for Cupid (1926)
The Midnight Kiss (1926)
The Country Beyond (1926)
Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926)
The Brute (1927)
The Port of Missing Girls (1928)
Romance of the Underworld (1928)
Dressed to Kill (1928)
In Old Arizona (1928)
Behind That Curtain (1929)
Not Quite Decent (1929)
Cameo Kirby (1930)
On the Level (1930)
A Devil with Women (1930)
A Holy Terror (1931)
The Cisco Kid (1931)
Attorney for the Defense (1932)
The Night Club Lady (1932)
Man Against Woman (1932)
Man Hunt (1933)
The Woman I Stole (1933)
The Mad Game (1933)
I Believed in You (1934)
Grand Canary (1934)
The White Parade (1934)
Curly Top (1935)
It's a Small World (1935)
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Girls' Dormitory (1936)
White Hunter (1936)
Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937)
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Just Around the Corner (1938)
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Lillian Russell (1940)
Down Argentine Way (1940)
That Night in Rio (1941)
Belle Starr (1941)
Louisiana Purchase (1941)
My Gal Sal (1942)
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
What a Woman! (1943)
The Impatient Years (1944)
The Dolly Sisters (1945)
Double Dynamite (1951)

This article about a silent romantic drama film is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: