''Silver Valley'' is a 1927 American
silent Western
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film directed by
Benjamin Stoloff
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Directo ...
and written by Harold B. Lipsitz and
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
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Boylan entered the entertainment industry as a stage actor while working as a newspa ...
. The film stars
Tom Mix
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,
Dorothy Dwan
Dorothy Dwan (April 26, 1906 – March 17, 1981) was an American film actress.
Biography
Born Dorothy Ilgenfritz in Sedalia, Missouri, Dwan was a WAMPAS Baby Star. She appeared in 40 films between 1922 and 1930, several of which were dir ...
,
Philo McCullough
Philo McCullough (June 16, 1893 – June 5, 1981) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1914 and 1969. He was born in San Bernardino, California, and died in Burbank, California.
McCullough's film debut came in 1 ...
, Jocky Hoefli,
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, and
Lon Poff. The film was released on October 2, 1927, by
Fox Film Corporation
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.
Cast
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Tom Mix
Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western films between 1909 and 1935. He appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent films. He w ...
as Tom Tracey
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Tony the Horse
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as Tom's Horse
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Dorothy Dwan
Dorothy Dwan (April 26, 1906 – March 17, 1981) was an American film actress.
Biography
Born Dorothy Ilgenfritz in Sedalia, Missouri, Dwan was a WAMPAS Baby Star. She appeared in 40 films between 1922 and 1930, several of which were dir ...
as Sheila Blaine
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Philo McCullough
Philo McCullough (June 16, 1893 – June 5, 1981) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1914 and 1969. He was born in San Bernardino, California, and died in Burbank, California.
McCullough's film debut came in 1 ...
as 'Black Jack' Lundy
* Jocky Hoefli as The Silent Kid
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Tom Kennedy Thomas or Tom Kennedy may refer to:
Politics
*Thomas Kennedy (Scottish judge) (1673–1754), joint Solicitor General for Scotland 1709–14, Lord Advocate 1714, Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs 1720–21
* Thomas Kennedy, 9th Earl of Cassilis ...
as 'Hayfever' Hawkins
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Lon Poff as 'Slim' Snitzer
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Harry Dunkinson
Harry Dunkinson (December 16, 1876 – March 14, 1936) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1912 and 1935. He was born in New York City and died in California.
Dunkinson began acting on stage when ...
as Mike McCool
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Clark Comstock
Clark Comstock (1862–1934) was an American film actor of the silent and early sound era. He appeared in around 50 films and serials between 1915 and 1930, many of them westerns.Katchmer p.69
Selected filmography
* ''The Westerners'' (1919)
* ...
as 'Wash' Taylor
References
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1927 films
1927 Western (genre) films
Fox Film films
Films directed by Benjamin Stoloff
American black-and-white films
Silent American Western (genre) films
1920s English-language films
1920s American films
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