God's Great Wilderness

1927 film
  • March 8, 1927 (1927-03-08)
Running time
60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

God's Great Wilderness is a 1927 American silent northern drama film directed by David Hartford and starring Lillian Rich, Joseph Bennett and Russell Simpson.[1][2]

Plot

Amongst lumber workers, a new family arrive and clash with one of the older settlers.

Cast

  • Lillian Rich as Mary Goodheart
  • Joseph Bennett as Dick Stoner
  • Russell Simpson as Richard Stoner
  • Mary Carr as Emma Stoner
  • John Steppling as Noah Goodheart
  • Rose Tapley as Susan Goodheart
  • Edward Coxen as Paul Goodheart
  • Tom Bates as Peter Marks
  • Wilbur Higby as Ward Maxwell
  • Roy Laidlaw as Circuit Rider

Preservation

This film is now lost.[3]

References

  1. ^ Munden p.300
  2. ^ God's Great Wilderness at silentera.com
  3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:God's Great Wilderness

Bibliography

  • Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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