The Right of Way (1931 film)

The Right of Way
Yola d'Avril and Conrad Nagel in The Right of Way
Directed byFrank Lloyd (uncredited)
Written byFrancis Edward Faragoh (adaptation)
Based onThe Right of Way (novel)
by Gilbert Parker
Produced byFrank Lloyd
Starring
CinematographyJohn F. Seitz
Edited byTerry O. Morse
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • February 7, 1931 (1931-02-07)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Right of Way is a 1930 American pre-Code film, released in 1931, directed by Frank Lloyd and produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It stars Conrad Nagel and Loretta Young --then only 17-- in one of her first talking roles.[1] The story was filmed previously in 1915 and in 1920.This version maintains the expressionist, melodramatic style of the silent era, utilizing intertitles between scenes.

Plot

Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued by a kindly couple, but suffers from amnesia. He starts life afresh and is happy, until the return of his memory sends him back to resolve his old involvements.[2]

Cast

Preservation status

A copy of The Right of Way is preserved at the Library of Congress.[3]

References

  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893–1993: The Right of Way
  2. ^ The Right of Way (1930). Retrieved March 18, 2026 – via letterboxd.com.
  3. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collecition and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p. 152 (c.1978) by the American Film Institute


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