The Enchanted Hill
{{short description|1926 film by Irvin Willat}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Enchanted Hill
| image = The Enchanted Hill - 1926 Lobby Card.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Irvin Willat
| producer = Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
| screenplay = James Shelley Hamilton
Peter B. Kyne
| starring = Jack Holt
Florence Vidor
Noah Beery Sr.
Mary Brian
Richard Arlen
| cinematography = Alfred Gilks
| studio = Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1926|1|18}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
The Enchanted Hill is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and written by James Shelley Hamilton and Peter B. Kyne. The film stars Jack Holt, Florence Vidor, Noah Beery Sr., Mary Brian, Richard Arlen, George Bancroft, and Ray Thompson. The film was released on January 18, 1926, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/90447/The-Enchanted-Hill/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207215509/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/90447/The-Enchanted-Hill/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 7, 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Hans J. Wollstein|date=2015|title=The-Enchanted-Hill - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|accessdate=February 7, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8833|title=The Enchanted Hill|work=afi.com|accessdate=February 7, 2015}}
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{Citation |title=New Pictures: The Enchanted Hill |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=23 |issue=10 |pages=69 |date=28 November 1925 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald22unse/page/1112/mode/1up |access-date=14 November 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} a young ranch owner on whose land is a fortune of which he is unaware, falls in love with his fair neighbor when she arrives to take charge of the property left her by an uncle. She secretly returns the man’s love, but is in doubt of him because he seems reckless and has many enemies. For a near killing the rancher’s cook is set on by a mob but is rescued by his employer. This incident gives rise to a series of desperate events in which the hero and the heroine several times narrowly escape death. In the end, their difficulties dissolve and the course of their love becomes smooth.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Jack Holt as Lee Purdy
- Florence Vidor as Gail Ormsby
- Noah Beery Sr. as Jake Dort
- Mary Brianas Hallie Purdy
- Richard Arlen as Link Halliwell
- George Bancroft as Ira Todd
- Ray Thompson as Tommy Scaife
- Brandon Hurst as Jasper Doak
- Henry Hebert as Bud Shannon
- George Kuwa as Chan
- Mathilde Comont as Conchita
- Willard Cooley as Curley MacMahon
- George Magrill as Killer
}}
Preservation
With no prints of The Enchanted Hill located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4987/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Enchanted Hill]
References
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External links
{{commons category|The Enchanted Hill}}
- {{IMDb title|0016823|The Enchanted Hill}}
{{Irvin Willat}}
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Category:1926 Western (genre) films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
Category:Films directed by Irvin Willat
Category:Lost American Western (genre) films
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:Silent American Western (genre) films
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