Told in the Hills

1919 film

  • September 21, 1919 (1919-09-21)
Running time
6 reels; 1,800 metersCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Told in the Hills is a 1919 American silent Western film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Artcraft. George Melford directed the film and Robert Warwick stars.[1]

Cast

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  • Robert Warwick as Jack Stuart
  • Ann Little as Rachel Hardy
  • Tom Forman as Charles Stuart
  • Wanda Hawley as Ann Belleau
  • Charles Ogle as Davy MacDougall
  • Monte Blue as Kalitan
  • Margaret Loomis as Talapa
  • Eileen Percy as Tillie Hardy
  • Jack Hoxie as Henry Hardy (credited as Hart Hoxie)
  • Jack Herbert as Skulking Brave
  • Guy Oliver as Captain Hold

Production

Told in the Hills was filmed on location in Lewiston and Lapwai, Idaho, and employed hundreds from the Nez Perce tribe.[2] It was claimed that during the production of the film was the first time so many men of the Nez Perce had been allowed to gather since the Nez Perce War of 1877.[2]

Preservation

A copy of Told in the Hills survives at the Russian film archive, Gosfilmofond.[3]

References

  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Told in the Hills
  2. ^ a b Faubion, James D., ed. (2001). The Ethics of Kinship: Ethnographic Inquiries. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 19. ISBN 0-7425-0956-7.
  3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Told in the Hills

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Films directed by George Melford