The Phantom of the Forest
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Phantom of the Forest
| image = The Phantom of the Forest.jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Henry McCarty
| producer = Samuel Sax
Renaud Hoffman
| writer = Frank Foster Davis
James J. Tynan
| starring = Thunder the Dog
Betty Francisco
Eddie Phillips
Irene Hunt
| cinematography = Ray June
| editing = Irene Morra
| studio = Gotham Pictures
| distributor = Lumas Film Corporation
Stoll Pictures (UK)
| released = {{Film date|1926|01| }}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
The Phantom of the Forest is a 1926 American silent Western film, also classified as a Northern. It is directed by Henry McCarty and stars Thunder the Dog, Betty Francisco and Eddie Phillips.Munden, p. 600.Connelly, p. 396. Produced by the independent Gotham Pictures, location shooting took place around the Redwood Forest in Santa Cruz County, California. The film was designed as a vehicle for Thunder, an Alsatian who was featured in several films during the 1920s. It was released in Great Britain the same year by Stoll Pictures.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{Citation |last=Pardy |first=George T. |author-link= |title=Pre-Release Review of Features: The Phantom of the Forest |journal=Motion Picture News |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=704 |date=6 February 1926 |publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc. |location=New York City, New York |url=https://archive.org/details/motionpic33moti/page/n723/mode/1up |access-date=5 February 2023}} {{Source-attribution}} while a pup, Thunder runs wild in the forest, but becomes attached to Helen Taylor, who owns land that has oil prospects and is mortgaged. Certain land speculators plot to seize the property, but are prevented by Frank Wallace who pays the interest. The plotters set fire to the forest. Helen and Frank are trapped, and then escape by a hair's breadth. Thunder fights his way through the flames and rescues a sick child. At the end, Frank and Helen are united.
Cast
- Thunder the Dog as Thunder
- Betty Francisco as Helen Taylor
- Eddie Phillips as Frank Wallace
- Jim Mason as Walt Mingin
- Frank Foster Davis as Joe Deering
- Irene Hunt as Mrs. Deering
- Rhody Hathaway as John Wallace
- White Fawn the Dog as White Fawn
Preservation
Prints of The Phantom of the Forest are located in the Library of Congress and BFI National Archive.[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2435/ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Phantom of the Forest]
References
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Bibliography
- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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- {{IMDb title|0017265}}
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Category:1926 Western (genre) films
Category:Silent American Western (genre) films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Henry McCarty
Category:Gotham Pictures films
Category:Northern (genre) films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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