Wallace Reid Speeds into the Box Office Lead

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A young man pursues a young lady with the same energy he applies to his other obsession in life, auto racing.

James Cruze

The Roaring Road

First Dramatic Auto Racing Film

&quot;Ford vs. Ferrari,&quot; &quot;Talladega Nights,&quot; &quot;Fast and Furious,&quot; are just a few of the many race car films a select segment of theater goers lists as the best movies ever made. The fast-paced action wrapped around engaging dramatic stories make these motion pictures one of the most exciting ones appearing on the silver screen.

The first automobile racing film based around a dramatic story is April 1919&apos;s &quot;The Roaring Road.&quot; Starring actor Wallace Reid, who had a brief stint as a race car driver, the Paramount Picture-released movie displays his immense skills behind the wheel. The movie concerns Reid, a car salesman nicknamed &quot;Toodles,&quot; whose ambition to become a speed driver is realized when he scraps together three destroyed race cars and wins a huge competition, much to the consternation, but enjoyment of his future father-in-law, the head of an automobile manufacturing company. But another speed trial is dangling in front of Reid, and his proposed marriage to actress Ann Little depends on whether he can break that record.

Reid, called &quot;the screen&apos;s most perfect lover,&quot; played in several race car movies, including the sequel to &quot;The Roaring Road,&quot; 1920&apos;s &quot;Excuse My Dust.&quot; So popular was a Wallace Reid movie that the newly-built movie palace in San Francisco, the elaborate Castro Theatre opened its doors for the first time projecting his 1922 auto-racing film &quot;Across The Continent.&quot; Reid enjoyed car racing so much he made a valiant attempt to qualify for the 1922 Indianapolis 500, falling just short.

Four months after the completion of &quot;The Roaring Road,&quot; Reid was involved in a train wreck while traveling to Oregon over the summer to film &quot;The Valley of the Giants.&quot; He sustained a painful head injury that required several stitches. Because of the physicality of his movie roles and the frequency of film production his studio demanded out of him, Reid was given morphine for pain relief from the injury. He became addicted to the drug, which shortened his life considerably.

"Ford vs. Ferrari," "Talladega Nights," "Fast and Furious," are just a few of the many race car films a select segment of theater goers lists as the best movies ever made. The fast-paced action wrapped around engaging dramatic stories make these motion pictures one of the most exciting ones appearing on the silver screen.

The first automobile racing film based around a dramatic story is April 1919's "The Roaring Road." Starring actor Wallace Reid, who had a brief stint as a race car driver, the Paramount Picture-released movie displays his immense skills behind the wheel. The movie concerns Reid, a car salesman nicknamed "Toodles," whose ambition to become a speed driver is realized when he scraps together three destroyed race cars and wins a huge competition, much to the consternation, but enjoyment of his future father-in-law, the head of an automobile manufacturing company. But another speed trial is dangling in front of Reid, and his proposed marriage to actress Ann Little depends on whether he can break that record.

Reid, called "the screen's most perfect lover," played in several race car movies, including the sequel to "The Roaring Road," 1920's "Excuse My Dust." So popular was a Wallace Reid movie that the newly-built movie palace in San Francisco, the elaborate Castro Theatre opened its doors for the first time projecting his 1922 auto-racing film "Across The Continent." Reid enjoyed car racing so much he made a valiant attempt to qualify for the 1922 Indianapolis 500, falling just short.

Four months after the completion of "The Roaring Road," Reid was involved in a train wreck while traveling to Oregon over the summer to film "The Valley of the Giants." He sustained a painful head injury that required several stitches. Because of the physicality of his movie roles and the frequency of film production his studio demanded out of him, Reid was given morphine for pain relief from the injury. He became addicted to the drug, which shortened his life considerably.

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