The Valley of the Giants (1919 film)

The Valley of the Giants
File:The Valley of the Giants 1919 Poster.jpg Lobby poster for the film
Directed by	James Cruze
Written by	Marion Fairfax (scenario)
Based on	Valley of the Giants by Peter B. Kyne
Starring	Wallace Reid Grace Darmond
Cinematography	Frank Urson
Production company	Famous Players-Lasky/Artcraft
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	August 31, 1919 (1919-08-31)
Running time	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.

Cast

• 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 (billed as Alice Taafe)
• Kay Laurell as Moira McTavish
• Jack Hoxie as Jules Rondeau (billed as Hart Hoxie)
• Noah Beery as Black Minorca
• Guy Oliver as George Sea Otter
• William H. Brown as Judge Moore (billed as W. H. Brown)
• Richard Cummings as McTavish
• Virginia Foltz as Marcelle
• Ogden Crane as Mayor Poundstone
• Lillian Mason as Mrs. Poundstone

Preservation status

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 or Russian language intertitles are in the process of being restored back into English by the Library of Congress.

External links

• The Valley of the Giants at IMDb
• The Valley of the Giants at AllMovie
• Period advertisement of the film; LA Times September 8, 1919