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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 989

The Valley of the Giants

191951 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 50:59
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Creator:James Cruze · Public domain

Synopsis

Returning from college, Bryce Cardigan finds his father's timber business threatened by a rival who controls the local railway. The dispute also endangers the redwood grove where Bryce's mother is buried. A dangerous logging train, a plan for a competing railway and Bryce's attraction to his adversary's niece turn the business struggle into a personal battle.

Cast

Wallace Reid

Grace Darmond

DirectorsJames Cruze

Inspirations

Peter B. Kyne's novel supplied the story, with filming in California's Humboldt County. The rediscovery of a print in Russia brought the film back after decades in which it was considered lost.

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Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

Wallace Reid — Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research · Public domain
Grace Darmond — Photoplay magazine; http://www.silentladies.com/PhtplayDE.html · Public domain

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