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Told in the Hills

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Told in the Hills
Film poster
Directed byGeorge Melford
Written byWill M. Ritchey
Based onTold in the Hills
by Marah Ellis Ryan
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
StarringRobert Warwick
CinematographyHenry Kotani
Paul P. Perry
James Wong Howe (assistant camera)
Distributed byParamount / Artcraft
Release date
  • September 21, 1919 (1919-09-21)
Running time
6 reels; 1,800 meters
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Told in the Hills is a 1919 American silent Western film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Artcraft. George Melford directed the film and Robert Warwick stars.[1]

Cast

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Film still

Production

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Told in the Hills was filmed on location in Lewiston and Lapwai, Idaho, and employed hundreds from the Nez Perce tribe.[2] It was claimed that during the production of the film was the first time so many men of the Nez Perce had been allowed to gather since the Nez Perce War of 1877.[2]

Preservation

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A copy of Told in the Hills survives at the Russian film archive, Gosfilmofond.[3]

References

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  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Told in the Hills
  2. ^ a b Faubion, James D., ed. (2001). The Ethics of Kinship: Ethnographic Inquiries. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 19. ISBN 0-7425-0956-7.
  3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Told in the Hills
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