The Valley of the Giants
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4625 feet
Directed by James Cruze
Cast: Wallace Reed (Wallace Reid) [Bryce Cardigan], Grace Darmond [Shirley Sumner], Will Brunton [Buck Ogilvy], Charles Ogle [Cardigan], Alice Taaffe [Mrs. Cardigan], Ralph Lewis [Colonel Pennington], Kay Laurel [Moira McTavish], Hart Hoxie (Jack Hoxie) [Jules Rondeau], Noah Beery [Black Minorca], Guy Oliver [George Sea Otter], W.H. Brown [Judge Moore], Richard Cummings [McTavish], Virginia Foltz [Marcelle], Ogden Crane [Mayor Poundstone], Lillian Mason [Mrs. Poundstone], Speed Hansen [Henry Poundstone]
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation through Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount-Artcraft Picture]. / Scenario by Marion Fairfax, from the novel The Valley of the Giants by Peter Bernard Kyne. Assistant director, Cullen Tate. Cinematography by Frank Urson. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / © 24 July 1919 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP14010]. Released 31 August 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Reid was injured on-location during the production of this film, which led to his addiction to morphine. A digitally-preserved print of the film was gifted to the Library of Congress from the Gosfilmofond film archive in October 2010.
Drama: Northwoods.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4707.
Survival status: Print exists in the Gosfilmofond film archive [Russian intertitles]; and in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm preservation print (acquired October 2010)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Bribery - Families: Father-son relationships, Nieces - Fights - Groves - Land rights - Lumber industry - Railroads - Rescues
Listing updated: 17 March 2012.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4707; Bardèche-History p. 210; Sinyard-Silent p. 94 : ClasIm-220 p. 36 : Website-AFI.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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