''The Gypsy Trail'' is a 1918 American silent

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directed by Walter Edwards and written by Robert Housum and

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. The film stars

Bryant Washburn Franklin Bryant Washburn III (April 28, 1889 – April 30, 1963) was an American actor who appeared in more than 370 films between 1911 and 1947. Washburn's parents were Franklin Bryant Washburn II and Metha Catherine Johnson Washburn. He attend ...

Wanda Hawley Wanda Hawley (born Selma Wanda Pittack; July 30, 1895 – March 18, 1963) was an American actress during the silent film era. She entered the theatrical profession with an amateur group in Seattle, and later toured the United States and Cana ...

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, Georgie Stone, and

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. The film was released on November 17, 1918, by

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Plot

As described in a

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, Edward Andrews (Washburn) worships the romance-loving Frances Raymond (Hawley), the daughter of wealthy parents, but she always turns down his proposals. Finally, she hints that she may be won over using caveman tactics. Edward hires a reporter, Michael Rudder (Ferguson), to kidnap Frances and take her to his country home, where he has installed his grandmother (Chapman) to act as a chaperon. Frances is won over by the ardent lovemaking of the reporter and when she suggests that they get married at once, the poor reporter runs away. Frances is now inconsolable, and Edward very obligingly goes in search of the wooer. When they return, the reporter reveals that he is wealthy and has a title and estate in England, but Frances decides in favor of the conventional Edward.

Cast

as Edward Andrews *

as Frances Raymond *

as Michael Rudder *

as Frank Raymond *Georgie Stone as John Raymond *

as Grandma

Preservation

With no copies of ''The Gypsy Trail'' located in any film archives,Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''The Gypsy Trail''
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1918 films 1910s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1918 comedy films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Walter Edwards American black-and-white films American silent feature films Lost American comedy films 1918 lost films 1910s American films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub