The Secret of Black Mountain

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The Secret of Black Mountain
Directed by Otto Hoffman
Written by Jackson Gregory
Produced byFalcon Features
H. M. Horkheimer
E. D. Horkheimer
Starring Vola Vale
Philo McCullough
Distributed by General Film Company
Release date
  • September 29, 1917 (1917-09-29)
Running time
4 reels; 40 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Secret of Black Mountain is a 1917 silent film western short directed by Otto Hoffman and starring Vola Vale.

Contents

An incomplete print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. [1] [2]

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References

  1. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature film Survival Catalog:..The Secret of Black Mountain
  2. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.161 c.1978 the American Film Institute