''Valley of the Giants'' is a 1919 American silent romantic

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...

directed by

James Cruze James Cruze (born James Cruze Bosen; March 27, 1884 – August 3, 1942) was a silent film actor and film director. Early years Cruze's middle name came from the battle of Vera Cruz. He was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

and starring

Wallace Reid William Wallace Halleck Reid (April 15, 1891 – January 18, 1923) was an American actor in silent film, referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover". He also had a brief career as a racing driver. Early life Reid was born in St. Louis, M ...

and Grace Darmond. Based on Peter B. Kyne's popular 1918 novel of the same name, the film produced by

Famous Players-Lasky Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company—originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays—and ...

and distributed through

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...

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Location

The film was shot on locations in

Humboldt County, California Humboldt County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 136,463. The county seat is Eureka. Humboldt County comprises the Eureka–Arcata– Fortuna, California Micropolitan Statist ...

Preservation

This film was presumed

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for 90 years until 2010 when a print was returned to the United States from Russia's

Gosfilmofond Gosfilmofond is a state film archive in Russia. It is the main film archive of the Russian Federation and a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). It is a state cultural institution — curator of films collection and oth ...

archive. Flash titles were in the Russian language.'Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Valley of the Giants''
at silentera.com In 2022 Edward Lorusso translated the Russian titles and produced the film for DVD release with a new music score by David Drazin.

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* * 1919 films 1910s English-language films 1919 romantic drama films American romantic drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Famous Players-Lasky films Films directed by James Cruze Films based on American novels Paramount Pictures films 1910s rediscovered films Rediscovered American films Silent romantic drama films 1910s American films Silent American drama films {{silent-romantic-drama-film-stub

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