''Told in the Hills'' is a 1919 American silent

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film produced by

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and distributed by

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Artcraft.

George Melford George H. Melford (born George Henry Knauff, February 19, 1877 – April 25, 1961) was an American stage and film actor and director. Often taken for granted as a director today, the stalwart Melford's name by the 1920s was, like Cecil B. DeMil ...

directed the film and Robert Warwick stars.

Cast

* Robert Warwick as Jack Stuart * Ann Little as Rachel Hardy * Tom Forman as Charles Stuart *

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as Ann Belleau * Charles Ogle as Davy MacDougall * Monte Blue as Kalitan *

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as Talapa *

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as Tillie Hardy *

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as Henry Hardy (credited as Hart Hoxie) * Jack Herbert as Skulking Brave * Guy Oliver as Captain Hold

Production

''Told in the Hills'' was filmed on location in Lewiston and

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, and employed hundreds from the

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tribe. It was claimed that during the production of the film was the first time so many men of the Nez Perce had been allowed to gather since the

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of 1877.

Preservation

A copy of ''Told in the Hills'' survives at the Russian film archive,

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.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Told in the Hills''
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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Told in the Hills 1919 films 1919 Western (genre) films Films directed by George Melford Paramount Pictures films Films based on American novels American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films