''God's Great Wilderness'' is a 1927 American
silent northern 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
David Hartford and starring
Lillian Rich
Lillian Rose Rich Woodland, more commonly known as Lillian Rich (1 January 1900 – 5 January 1954) was an English-born actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1940.
Biography
Rich was born in Herne ...
,
Joseph Bennett and
Russell Simpson.
[Munden p.300]
It takes place amongst the
lumber
Lumber is wood that has been processed into dimensional lumber, including beams and planks or boards, a stage in the process of wood production. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, w ...
workers, where a new family arrive and clash with one of the older settlers.
Cast
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Lillian Rich
Lillian Rose Rich Woodland, more commonly known as Lillian Rich (1 January 1900 – 5 January 1954) was an English-born actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1940.
Biography
Rich was born in Herne ...
as Mary Goodheart
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Joseph Bennett as Dick Stoner
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Russell Simpson as Richard Stoner
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Mary Carr as Emma Stoner
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John Steppling as Noah Goodheart
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Rose Tapley as Susan Goodheart
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Edward Coxen
Albert Edward Coxen (8 August 1880 – 21 November 1954) was an English-born American actor. He appeared in over 200 films during his career.
Personal life
Coxen was born in London, England. He came to the United States as a child and lived mu ...
as Paul Goodheart
* Tom Bates as Peter Marks
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Wilbur Higby
Wilbur Higby (August 21, 1867 – December 1, 1934) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1914 and 1934.
Stage
In the mid-1890s, Higby was a member of the stock company of the Grand Opera House ...
as Ward Maxwell
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Roy Laidlaw as Circuit Rider
References
Bibliography
* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.
* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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1927 films
1927 drama films
1920s English-language films
American silent feature films
Silent American drama films
Films directed by David Hartford
American black-and-white films
1920s American films
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