The Enchanted Hill Explained

The Enchanted Hill
Director:Irvin Willat
Producer:Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
Screenplay:James Shelley Hamilton
Peter B. Kyne
Starring:Jack Holt
Florence Vidor
Noah Beery, Sr.
Mary Brian
Richard Arlen
Cinematography:Alfred Gilks
Studio:Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributor:Paramount Pictures
Runtime:70 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

The Enchanted Hill is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and written by James Shelley Hamilton and Peter B. Kyne. The film stars Jack Holt, Florence Vidor, Noah Beery, Sr., Mary Brian, Richard Arlen, George Bancroft, and Ray Thompson. The film was released on January 18, 1926, by Paramount Pictures.[1] [2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, a young ranch owner on whose land is a fortune of which he is unaware, falls in love with his fair neighbor when she arrives to take charge of the property left her by an uncle. She secretly returns the man’s love, but is in doubt of him because he seems reckless and has many enemies. For a near killing the rancher’s cook is set on by a mob but is rescued by his employer. This incident gives rise to a series of desperate events in which the hero and the heroine several times narrowly escape death. In the end, their difficulties dissolve and the course of their love becomes smooth.

Preservation

With no prints of The Enchanted Hill located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The-Enchanted-Hill - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20150207215509/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/90447/The-Enchanted-Hill/overview. dead. February 7, 2015. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Hans J. Wollstein. 2015. February 7, 2015.
  2. Web site: The Enchanted Hill. afi.com. February 7, 2015.
  3. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4987/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Enchanted Hill