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Heart of the Wilds is a lost[1] 1918 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Elsie Ferguson. 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.[2][3]

Heart of the Wilds
Film poster
Directed by	Marshall Neilan
Written by	Charles Maigne (scenario)
Based on	She of the Triple Chevron by Gilbert Parker
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Elsie Ferguson
Cinematography	Walter Stradling
Distributed by	Artcraft Pictures
Release date	August 18, 1918 (1918-08-18)
Running time	50 minutes; 5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Cast

• Elsie Ferguson as Jen Galbraith
• Thomas Meighan as Sergeant Tom Gellatly
• Joseph W. Smiley 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.[4] The board also cut, in Reel 4, Jen shooting Sergeant Tom Gellatly of the mounted police.[4]

See also

• Over the Border (1922)

References

External links

• Heart of the Wilds at IMDb
• Heart of the Wilds at AllMovie
• Lantern slide
• image from the film; matches lobby poster litho
• kinotv

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