The Valley of the Giants (1927 film)

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The Valley of the Giants
Doris Kenyon and Milton Sills.jpg
Still with Doris Kenyon and Milton Sills
Directed by Charles Brabin
Written byL. G. Rigby (scenario)
Based onThe Valley of the Giants
by Peter B. Kyne
Produced by First National
Wid Gunning
Richard A. Rowland
Starring Milton Sills
Doris Kenyon
Cinematography Ted D. McCord (as T. D. McCord)
Distributed by First National Pictures
Release date
  • December 4, 1927 (1927-12-04)
Running time
7 reels; 6,600 feet
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Valley of the Giants is a 1927 silent film adventure directed by Charles Brabin and starring Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon who were real-life man and wife. It was based on a novel by Peter B. Kyne. First National produced and distributed the film having gained the screen rights to the story from Famous Players–Lasky and Paramount. Paramount had made a version of the novel in 1919 with Wallace Reid, and it would again be filmed in 1938. A copy of this film survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. [1] It is also listed as existing in an incomplete print at the Library of Congress. [2] A 16mm copy is housed at the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research. [3]

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Cast

Production

The film was shot on location in Humboldt County, California. [4]

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References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Valley of the Giants at silentera.com
  2. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, by The American Film Institute, p. 200 c.1978
  3. Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Feature Film Database:The Valley of the Giants
  4. Hesseltine, Cassandra. "Complete Filmography of Humboldt County". Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission. Retrieved 12 October 2017.