The Pace That Thrills is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Webster Campbell and starring Ben Lyon, Mary Astor, and Charles Byer.Lowe p. 1849Progressive Silent Film List: The Pace That Thrills at silentera.com It was released by First National.
Plot As described in a film magazine review, a motion picture actor, whose mother is in prison for the murder of her drunken husband, refuses to take chances with his life on the lot and is considered a coward. He dare not risk accident and the consequent curtailment of his earning power because he needs money to secure his mother’s pardon. He is secretly in love with his producer’s daughter, but she too thinks him cowardly. However, he proves himself in a quick succession of events, and frees his mother and wins the affections of the young woman.
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Preservation With no prints of The Pace That Thrills located in any film archives,Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Pace That Thrills it is a lost film.
References
Bibliography Lowe, Denise. An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge, 2014.
External links
Stills at silenthollywood.com