''Ace High'' is a 1918 American silent

Western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...

directed by

Lynn Reynolds Lynn Fairfield Reynolds (May 7, 1889 – February 25, 1927) was an American director and screenwriter. Reynolds directed more than 80 films between 1915 and 1928. He also wrote for 58 films between 1914 and 1927. Reynolds was born in Harlan, ...

and starring

Tom Mix Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western (genre), Western films between 1909 and 1935. He appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were s ...

, Lloyd Perl, and

Lewis Sargent Lewis Sargent (August 19, 1903 – November 19, 1970) was an American film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1917 and 1949. Biography Sargent was born in Los Angeles on August 19, 1903. He had 8 brothers and sisters. His father Lewis ...

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. 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.

Cast

as Jean Rivard ** Lloyd Perl as Jean Rivard (age 10) **

as Jean Rivard (age 15) * Kathleen O'Connor as Aneette Dupre ** Virginia Lee Corbin as Annette Dupre (child) *

Lawrence Peyton Lawrence Peyton (died October 10, 1918) was a silent film actor in the United States. He starred in the 1914 film based on Jack London's ''Martin Eden''. Personal life Peyton served as a Private (rank), private in the 813th Pioneer Infantry Regime ...

as Jack Keefe * Colin Chase as Baptiste Dupre * Jay Morley as Harvey Wright * Pat Chrisman as Louis Cartier

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.

Production

''Ace High'' was the second of 17 Tom Mix feature films Lynn Reynolds directed over an eight-year period. The film was the first of three Tom Mix films shot in the

Big Bear Big Bear, also known as (; – 17 January 1888), was a powerful and popular Cree chief who played many pivotal roles in Canadian history. He was appointed to chief of his band at the age of 40 upon the death of his father, Black Powder, u ...

area.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0008814 1918 films 1918 Western (genre) films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Lynn Reynolds Fox Film films Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s American films English-language Western (genre) films