The Valley of the Giants (1919 film)

1919 film by James Cruze

The Valley of the Giants

Lobby poster

Directed by| James Cruze
Written by| Marion Fairfax (scenario)
Based on| Valley of the Giants
by Peter B. Kyne
Produced by| Jesse Lasky
Starring| Wallace Reid
Grace Darmond
Cinematography| Frank Urson

Production
company

Famous Players–Lasky/Artcraft

Distributed by| Paramount Pictures

Release date

* August 31, 1919 (1919-08-31)

Running time

| 5 reels (4,625 feet)
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)

Valley of the Giants is a 1919 American silent romantic drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Wallace Reid and Grace Darmond. Based on Peter B. Kyne's popular 1918 novel of the same name, the film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures.[1]

The book would be filmed three more times.

* The Valley of the Giants (1927)
* The Valley of the Giants (1938)
* The Big Trees (1952)

The film in a contemporary 1920 Ohio cinema. | Full film

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## Synopsis

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Wallace Reid stars in this Peter B. Kyne story set in the Northwoods. Kyne's stories were quite popular in the silent era along with Rex Beach, Jack London, Bret Hart and others. Reid had visited Northwoods stories before such as in 1917's Big Timber.

## Cast

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* Wallace Reid as Bryce Cardigan
* Grace Darmond as Shirley Sumner
* William Brunton as Buck Ogilvy
* Charles Ogle as Cardigan
* Ralph Lewis as Col. Pennington
* Alice Terry as Mrs. Cardigan (credited as Alice Taafe)
* Kay Laurell as Moira McTavish
* Jack Hoxie as Jules Rondeau (credited as Hart Hoxie)
* Noah Beery as Black Minorca
* Guy Oliver as George Sea Otter
* William H. Brown as Judge Moore (credited as W. H. Brown)
* Richard Cummings as McTavish
* Virginia Foltz as Marcelle
* Ogden Crane as Mayor Poundstone
* Lillian Mason as Mrs. Poundstone

## Location

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The film was shot on locations in Humboldt County, California.[2]

## Preservation

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This film was presumed lost for 90 years until 2010 when a print was returned to the United States from Russia's Gosfilmofond archive. Flash titles were in the Russian language.[3] In 2022 Edward Lorusso translated the Russian titles and produced the film for DVD release with a new music score by David Drazin.

## See also

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* Wallace Reid filmography

## References

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1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Valley of the Giants
2. ^ Hesseltine, Cassandra. "Complete Filmography of Humboldt County". Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission. Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
3. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Valley of the Giants" at silentera.com

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Valley of the Giants (1919 film).

* The Valley of the Giants at IMDb
* lobby poster

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Peter B. Kyne screen credits

* The Three Godfathers (1916)
* Marked Men (1919)
* The Valley of the Giants (1919)
* Action (1921)
* Red Courage (1921)
* Brothers Under the Skin (1922)
* Kindred of the Dust (1922)
* The Go-Getter (1923)
* Loving Lies (1924)
* Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925)
* The Shamrock Handicap (1926)
* Pals in Paradise (1926)
* The Understanding Heart (1927)
* Heroes of the West (1932 serial)
* Gordon of Ghost City (1933)
* Three Godfathers (1936)
* Flaming Frontiers (1938 serial)
* 3 Godfathers (1948)

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Films directed by James Cruze

1910s|

* From Wash to Washington (1914)
* Too Many Millions (1918)
* The Dub (1919)
* Alias Mike Moran (1919)
* The Roaring Road (1919)
* You're Fired (1919)
* The Love Burglar (1919)
* The Valley of the Giants (1919)
* The Lottery Man (1919)
* Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1919)
* An Adventure in Hearts (1919)

1920s|

* A Full House (1920)
* Terror Island (1920)
* Mrs. Temple's Telegram (1920)
* The Sins of St. Anthony (1920)
* What Happened to Jones (1920)
* Food for Scandal (1920)
* Always Audacious (1920)
* The Charm School (1921)
* The Dollar-a-Year Man (1921)
* Gasoline Gus (1921)
* Crazy to Marry (1921)
* One Glorious Day (1922)
* Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922)
* The Fast Freight (1922)
* The Dictator (1922)
* The Old Homestead (1922)
* Thirty Days (1922)
* The Covered Wagon (1923)
* Hollywood (1923)
* Ruggles of Red Gap (1923)
* To the Ladies (1923)
* Leap Year (1924) filmed 1921
* The Fighting Coward (1924)
* The Enemy Sex (1924)
* Merton of the Movies (1924)
* The City That Never Sleeps (1924)
* The Garden of Weeds (1924)
* The Goose Hangs High (1925)
* Waking Up the Town (1925)
* Welcome Home (1925)
* Beggar on Horseback (1925)
* Marry Me (1925)
* The Pony Express (1925)
* Mannequin (1926)
* Old Ironsides (1926)
* The Waiter from the Ritz (1926) never completed or released
* We're All Gamblers (1927)
* The City Gone Wild (1927)
* On to Reno (1928)
* The Mating Call (1928)
* The Red Mark (1928)
* Excess Baggage (1928)
* The Duke Steps Out (1929)
* A Man's Man (1929)
* The Great Gabbo (1929)

1930s|

* Once a Gentleman (1930)
* She Got What She Wanted (1930)
* Salvation Nell (1931)
* Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932)
* If I Had a Million (segment "Death Cell", 1932)
* Racetrack (1933)
* Sailor Be Good (1933)
* I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
* Mr. Skitch (1933)
* David Harum (1934)
* Their Big Moment (1934)
* Helldorado (1934)
* Two-Fisted (1935)
* Sutter's Gold (1936)
* The Wrong Road (1937)
* Prison Nurse (1938)
* Gangs of New York (1938)
* Come On, Leathernecks! (1938)

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