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Across the Continent is a lost silent film released by Paramount Pictures in June 1922, and was one of star Wallace Reid's last performances. This film was also the opening night film of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on June 22, 1922.
Published just one year before the “golden spike” joined Union Pacific Railroad tracks with those of the Central Pacific at Promontory, Utah, Across the Continent symbolizes the expansionist zeal of post–Civil War America. Pictured here is an invented site, somewhere along the transcontinental railroad route.
Title: Across the Continent – "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way" Artist: Frances Flora Bond Palmer (American (born England), Leicester 1812–1876 New York) Lithographer: On stone by James Merritt Ives (American, New York 1824–1895 New York)
2 days ago · Across the Continent: 'Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way'. From 1835 to 1907, the Currier & Ives printmaking company produced over a million lithograph illustrations of events, portraits, and scenes from American life.
Across the Continent: Directed by Phil Rosen. With Wallace Reid, Mary MacLaren, Theodore Roberts, Betty Francisco. An automobile manufacturer comes up with a low-priced but efficient new car.
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- Action, Sport, Thriller
- Phil Rosen
- 1922-06-04
Frances (Fanny) Palmer immigrated to the United States from England in 1844, shortly before journalist John O'Sullivan coined the term "Manifest Destiny" and the gold rush drew nearly 300,000 settlers to California.
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Printed below the image, in all caps, the title reads, “Across the Continent. “Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way.” In tiny letters, immediately below the printed image are three more inscriptions.
