The Valley of Silent Men
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6500 feet
Directed by Frank Borzage
Cast: Alma Rubens [Marette Radisson], Lew Cody [Sergeant James Kent of the Northwest Mounted Police], Joseph King [Sergeant ‘Buck’ O’Connor of the Northwest Mounted Police], Mario Majeroni [Pierre Radisson, also known as ‘The Prophet’, Marette’s father], George Nash [Inspector Kedsty of the Northwest Mounted Police], J.W. Johnston [Jacques Radisson, Marette’s uncle]; Chief Sitting Eagle (John Hunter) [the chief], [?] ? [Constable Willis], [?] ? [the fleeing fur thief], [?] ? [the post doctor], [?] ? [Kedsty’s Chinese servant], [?] ? [the mountie who scoffs at ‘The Prophet’], [?] ? [the mountie who unlocks the jail cell], [?] ? [the dead John Barkley]
Cosmopolitan Productions production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by John Lynch, from the novel The Valley of Silent Men by James Oliver Curwood. Production management by John Lynch. Photography (cinematography) by Chester Lyons. Art titles (intertitles artwork) by Grace Waller. Presented by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. / © 6 September 1922 by Cosmopolitan Productions (International Film Service Company, Incorporated) [LP18253]. Released 10 September 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Location cinematography was taken at Lake Tamiscamay and on Victoria Glacier, both near Banff, Alberta, Canada. A prop man accidentally perished in river rapids in Alberta during the production of the film.
Drama: Northwoods.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [incomplete 35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Boats - Canada - Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Law enforcement: Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Water: Rivers
Listing updated: 7 March 2023.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Sherwood-Best p. 194; Sweeney-Coming p. 45 : Website-AFI, Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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