The Portage Trail
The Portage Trail
| 14 September 1915 (USA)
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This strange, silent film "The Portage Trail" dates to 1915. The film tells the story of a romance between a minister's son and a banker's daughter, but the narrative also pays attention to the city of Akron, Ohio. It's highly possible that the film was made in an attempt to clean up that city's reputation, since in the 1910s there was a deadly outbreak of typhoid fever caused by a bad water supply. To whit, the film has a segment, inserted into the middle of the romance, explaining how the city now has a new "five million dollar water treatment plant".

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Matrixston

Wow! Such a good movie.

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Micitype

Pretty Good

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Thehibikiew

Not even bad in a good way

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Dana

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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