Told in the Hills explained

Told in the Hills
Director:George Melford
Producer:Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Starring:Robert Warwick
Cinematography:Henry Kotani
Paul P. Perry
James Wong Howe (assistant camera)
Distributor:Paramount / Artcraft
Runtime:6 reels; 1,800 meters
Country:United States
Language:Silent
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

Production

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

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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=2162 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Told in the Hills
  2. Book: Faubion . James D. . The Ethics of Kinship: Ethnographic Inquiries . Rowman & Littlefield . 2001 . Lanham, Maryland . 19 . 0-7425-0956-7.
  3. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1551/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Told in the Hills