The Water Hole

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The Water Hole
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Directed by F. Richard Jones
Written by Herman J. Mankiewicz (titles)
Based onThe Water Hole
by Zane Grey
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
Starring Jack Holt
Nancy Carroll
John Boles
Cinematography Charles Schoenbaum
Edited by Jane Loring
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • August 25, 1928 (1928-08-25)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Water Hole is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by F. Richard Jones starring Jack Holt, Nancy Carroll, and John Boles It was based on a novel by Zane Grey and released by Paramount Pictures. The film had sequences filmed in Technicolor, and it was shot during July in Death Valley, California. [1] No copies of The Water Hole are known to exist, suggesting that it is a lost film. [1]

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