Summary
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, who also wrote the screenplay.[1] Art direction for the film was done by Wilfred Buckland.
| The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | |
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 Thomas Meighan and Charlotte Walker | |
| Directed by | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Story by | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Charlotte Walker |
| Cinematography | Alvin Wyckoff |
| Edited by | Cecil B. DeMille |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
It is based on the 1908 novel and the 1912 play of the same name by Eugene Walter. Charlotte Walker reprised her role from the Broadway production.[2]
Plot edit
Cast edit
- Charlotte Walker as June Tolliver
- Thomas Meighan as Jack Hale
- Earle Foxe as Dave Tolliver (credited as Earle Fox)
- Theodore Roberts as "Devil" Judd Tolliver
- Dick L'Estrange as Bob Heaton (credited as Dick Lestrange)
- Park Jones as Tompkins
Other adaptions edit
The novel was first adapted for the screen in 1914, and starred Dixie Compton. Another version released in 1923 starred Mary Miles Minter and is now considered a lost film. The novel was adapted for the fourth time in 1936, an early Technicolor version starring Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sidney, and Henry Fonda.
Preservation edit
Complete 35 mm prints of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine are held by the Library of Congress and the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York.[3]
