The Valley of the Giants (1919 film)

{{infobox film

| name = The Valley of the Giants

| image = The Valley of the Giants 1919 Poster.jpg

| caption = Lobby poster

| director = James Cruze

| producer = Jesse Lasky

| based_on = {{based on|Valley of the Giants|Peter B. Kyne}}

| writer = Marion Fairfax (scenario)

| starring = Wallace Reid
Grace Darmond

| music =

| cinematography = Frank Urson

| editing =

| studio = Famous Players–Lasky/Artcraft

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{film date|1919|8|31}}

| runtime = 5 reels (4,625 feet)

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

Valley of the Giants is a 1919 American silent romantic drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Wallace Reid and Grace Darmond. Based on Peter B. Kyne's popular 1918 novel of the same name, the film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140329222217/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=18129 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Valley of the Giants]

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Synopsis

Wallace Reid stars in this Peter B. Kyne story set in the Northwoods. Kyne's stories were quite popular in the silent era along with Rex Beach, Jack London, Bret Hart and others. Reid had visited Northwoods stories before such as in 1917's Big Timber.

Cast

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Wallace Reid as Bryce Cardigan
Grace Darmond as Shirley Sumner
William Brunton as Buck Ogilvy
Charles Ogle as Cardigan
Ralph Lewis as Col. Pennington
Alice Terry as Mrs. Cardigan (credited as Alice Taafe)
Kay Laurell as Moira McTavish
Jack Hoxie as Jules Rondeau (credited as Hart Hoxie)
Noah Beery as Black Minorca
Guy Oliver as George Sea Otter
William H. Brown as Judge Moore (credited as W. H. Brown)
Richard Cummings as McTavish
Virginia Foltz as Marcelle
Ogden Crane as Mayor Poundstone
Lillian Mason as Mrs. Poundstone

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Location

The film was shot on locations in Humboldt County, California.{{cite web|last1=Hesseltine|first1=Cassandra|title=Complete Filmography of Humboldt County|url=http://humboldt.filmhumboldtdelnorte.org/filmography|website=Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission|publisher=Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission|accessdate=12 October 2017}}

Preservation

This film was presumed lost for 90 years until 2010 when a print was returned to the United States from Russia's Gosfilmofond archive. Flash titles were in the Russian language.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/V/ValleyOfTheGiants1919.html "Progressive Silent Film List: The Valley of the Giants"] at silentera.com In 2022 Edward Lorusso translated the Russian titles and produced the film for DVD release with a new music score by David Drazin.