Ace High (1918 film)

Ace High
Directed byLynn Reynolds
Written byLynn Reynolds
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringTom Mix
Lloyd Perl
Lewis Sargent
CinematographyDevereaux Jennings
William A. Reinhart
George Richter
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film
Release date
  • June 9, 1918 (1918-06-09)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Ace High is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Tom Mix, Lloyd Perl, and Lewis Sargent.[1]

Plot

Jean Rivard (Tom Mix) is a heroic Canadian Mountie who rescues his childhood sweetheart Annette Dupre (Kathleen O'Connor) from the clutches of an American sheriff.[1] Action takes place primarily at a saloon called the Ace High. The bar is a popular hangout for criminals because, at a moment's notice, it can be slid across the room from the United States into Canada, or vice versa as necessary.[2]: 188, 195 

Cast

Themes

Set along the Alaska-Canadian border, the film explores the arbitrariness of legality on the fringes of nation-states through the cliche of the heroic Mountie saving a girl from a villainous sheriff.[2]: 188 

Production

Ace High was the second of 17 Tom Mix feature films Lynn Reynolds directed over an eight-year period.[3] The film was the first of three Tom Mix films shot in the Big Bear area.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-313-27858-7.
  2. ^ a b Brégent-Heald, Dominique (2015). Borderland Films: American Cinema, Mexico, and Canada During the Progressive Era. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-7886-8.
  3. ^ Lussier, Tim (October 18, 2018). "Bare Knees" Flapper: The Life and Films of Virginia Lee Corbin. McFarland. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-4766-7568-8.
  4. ^ More Magnificent Mountain Movies. W. Lee Cozad. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-9723372-3-6.