The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1916 film)

1916 film

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Thomas Meighan and Charlotte Walker
Directed by	Cecil B. DeMille
Story by	Cecil B. DeMille
Based on	The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1908 novel) by John Fox, Jr. and the 1912 play by Eugene Walter
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky
Starring	Charlotte Walker
Cinematography	Alvin Wyckoff
Edited by	Cecil B. DeMille
Release date	February 13, 1916 (1916-02-13)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, who also wrote the screenplay. Art direction for the film was done by Wilfred Buckland.

It is based on the 1908 novel and the 1912 play of the same name by Eugene Walter. Charlotte Walker reprised her role from the Broadway production.

Plot

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Cast

Charlotte Walker as June Tolliver
Thomas Meighan as Jack Hale
Earle Foxe as Dave Tolliver (credited as Earle Fox)
Theodore Roberts as "Devil" Judd Tolliver
Dick L'Estrange as Bob Heaton (credited as Dick Lestrange)
Park Jones as Tompkins

Other adaptions

The novel was first adapted for the screen in 1914, and starred Dixie Compton. Another version released in 1923 starred Mary Miles Minter and is now considered a lost film. The novel was adapted for the fourth time in 1936, an early Technicolor version starring Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sidney, and Henry Fonda.

Preservation

Complete 35 mm prints of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine are held by the Library of Congress and the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York.

References

"Progressive Silent Film List: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine". Silent Era. Retrieved April 22, 2008.
"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine". afi.com. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
"American Silent Feature Film Database: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 30, 2024.

External links

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine at IMDb

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Sound	Dynamite (1929) Madam Satan (1930) The Squaw Man (1931) The Sign of the Cross (1932) This Day and Age (1933) Four Frightened People (1934) Cleopatra (1934) The Crusades (1935) The Plainsman (1936) The Buccaneer (1938) Union Pacific (1939) North West Mounted Police (1940) Reap the Wild Wind (1942) The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) Unconquered (1947) Samson and Delilah (1949) The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) The Ten Commandments (1956)

Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille

Silent

Sound

Dynamite (1929)
Madam Satan (1930)
The Squaw Man (1931)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
This Day and Age (1933)
Four Frightened People (1934)
Cleopatra (1934)
The Crusades (1935)
The Plainsman (1936)
The Buccaneer (1938)
Union Pacific (1939)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
Unconquered (1947)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
The Ten Commandments (1956)

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