''Heart of the Wilds'' is a

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1918 American silent drama film directed by

Marshall Neilan Marshall Ambrose "Mickey" Neilan (April 11, 1891 – October 27, 1958) was an American actor. Early life Born in San Bernardino, California, Neilan was known by most as "Mickey." Following the death of his father, the eleven-year-old Mickey ...

and starring

Elsie Ferguson Elsie Louise Ferguson (August 19, 1883 – November 15, 1961) was an American stage and film actress. Early life Born in New York City, Elsie Ferguson was the only child of Hiram and Amelia Ferguson. Her father was a successful attorney. Raise ...

. The story is from "Pierre and His People", by Gilbert Parker, which Edgar Selwyn also based his play ''Pierre of the Plains'' on. Ferguson had become a star in 1908 in Selwyn's Broadway play.''Pierre of the Plains'' as produced on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre, October 12 1908 to November 1908; IBDb.com
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as Jen Galbraith *

Thomas Meighan Thomas Meighan (April 9, 1879 – July 8, 1936) was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading-man roles opposite popular actresses of the day, including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he comm ...

as Sergeant Tom Gellatly *

Joseph W. Smiley Joseph W. Smiley (born June 18, 1870, in Boston, Massachusetts) was an actor and director in the United States. His films include ''The Gray Horror'' (1915), ''The Other Sister'' (1915) and ''The Living Fear'' (1914), as well as many other films ...

as Peter Galbraith (credited as Joseph Smiley) * Matt Moore as Val Galbraith *E. L. Fernandez as Pierre (billed Escamillo Fernandez) * Sidney D'Albrook as Grey Cloud

Reception

Like many American films of the time, ''Heart of the Wilds'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors modified the plot of this film by requiring cuts in Reel 2 of Val drawing a gun from case, shooting Grey Cloud, and putting the gun away after the shooting, the cuts intending to eliminate the entire idea that the Indian was shot by Val. The board also cut, in Reel 4, Jen shooting Sergeant Tom Gellatly of the mounted police.

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1918 films American silent feature films Lost American films Films based on works by Gilbert Parker Films directed by Marshall Neilan 1918 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films based on short fiction 1918 lost films Lost drama films Censored films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub

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