The Valley of the Moon | |
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Directed by | Hobart Bosworth |
Based on | The Valley of the Moon by Jack London |
Starring | Jack Conway Myrtle Stedman |
Edited by | Hettie Gray Baker |
Release date |
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Running time | Six reels [1] |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent |
The Valley of the Moon is a 1914 silent film directed by Hobart Bosworth and starring Jack Conway and Myrtle Stedman. Produced by Bosworth/London, [2] it was an adaptation of the 1913 novel The Valley of the Moon by Jack London [3] and based upon a scenario by Hettie Gray Baker. [4]
When boxer Billy Roberts (Conway) marries laundress Saxon (Stedman), [1] he tries to please his spouse by leaving his former profession behind and becoming a teamster driving trucks. However, when their wages are cut, the union calls for a strike. [3] The film is sympathetic toward the strikers, with scenes showing police attacking the teamsters with clubs and patrol wagons being driven over fallen men. [2] The former boxer is attacked and beaten by company scabs, lands in jail following a brawl, and starts drinking. The desperate couple decide to move to the country and start a new life on a farm. With money being tight, he enters a fight for a $300 prize. In the end he wins, and the couple depart to live at their "Valley of the Moon". [3]
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