''The Enchanted Hill'' is a 1926 American silent

Western film The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred ...

directed by

Irvin Willat Irvin V. Willat (November 18, 1890 – April 17, 1976) was an American film director of the silent film era. A short biography reprinted from ''Blue Book of the Screen'' (1923). He directed 39 films between 1917 and 1937. Early in his career ...

and written by James Shelley Hamilton and Peter B. Kyne. The film stars Jack Holt,

Florence Vidor Florence Vidor (née Cobb, later Arto; July 23, 1895 – November 3, 1977) was an American silent film actress. Early life Vidor was born in Houston on July 23, 1895, to John and Ida Cobb. Her parents had married in Houston on March 3, 1894, bu ...

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, and Ray Thompson. The film was released on January 18, 1926, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, a young ranch owner on whose land is a fortune of which he is unaware, falls in love with his fair neighbor when she arrives to take charge of the property left her by an uncle. She secretly returns the man’s love, but is in doubt of him because he seems reckless and has many enemies. For a near killing the rancher’s cook is set on by a mob but is rescued by his employer. This incident gives rise to a series of desperate events in which the hero and the heroine several times narrowly escape death. In the end, their difficulties dissolve and the course of their love becomes smooth.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of ''The Enchanted Hill'' located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Enchanted Hill''
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* * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Irvin Willat American black-and-white films Lost American films Lost Western (genre) films 1926 lost films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub