Ace High | |
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Directed by | Lynn Reynolds |
Written by | Lynn Reynolds |
Produced by | William Fox |
Starring |
Tom Mix Lloyd Perl Lewis Sargent |
Cinematography |
Devereaux Jennings William A. Reinhart George Richter |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Fox Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages |
Silent English intertitles |
Ace High is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Tom Mix, Lloyd Perl and Lewis Sargent. [1]
Jean Rivard (Tom Mix) is a heroic Canadian Mountie who rescues his childhood sweetheart Annette Dupre (Kathleen O'Connor) from the clutches of an American sheriff. [1] Action takes place primarily at a saloon called the Ace High. The bar is a popular hangout for criminals because at a moment's notice, it can be slid across the room from the United States into Canada, or vice versa as necessary. [2]: 188, 195
Set along the Alaska-Canadian border, the film explores the arbitrariness of legality on the fringes of nation-states through the cliche of the heroic Mountie saving a girl from a villainous sheriff. [2]: 188
Ace High was the second of 17 Tom Mix feature films Lynn Reynolds directed over an eight-year period. [3] The film was the first of three Tom Mix films shot in the Big Bear area. [4]