A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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A Wide-Open Town
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4650 feet
Directed by Ralph Ince

Cast: Conway Tearle [Billy Clifford], Faire Binney [Helen Morely], James Seeley [Mayor Morely], Harry Tighe [Tug Wilson], Claude Brooks [Fred Tatum], Ned Sparks [Si Ryan], Danny Hayes [Rufe Nimbo], John P. Wade (John Wade) [Governor Talbot], Alice May [Mrs. Tatum], Bobby Connelly (Bobby Connolly) [Governor Talbot as a boy]

Selznick Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Select Pictures Corporation [A Ralph Ince Production]. / Scenario by Edward J. Montagne, from a story by Earle Mitchell. Cinematography by William Wagner. Presented by Lewis J. Selznick. / © 10 February 1922 by Selznick Pictures Corporation [LP17564]. Released 4 March 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 14 July 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.