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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1916 film)

1916 film

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.

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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

Cast

Other adaptions

Ad in The Sunday Oregonian of February 20, 1916

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

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]

References

  1. [1]
    "Progressive Silent Film List: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine". Silent Era. Retrieved April 22, 2008.
  2. [2]
    "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine". afi.com. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  3. [3]
    "American Silent Feature Film Database: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
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