The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.[1][2] It is based on the 1908 novel and the 1912 play of the same name by Eugene Walter. Charlotte Walker reprised her role from the Broadway production. A copy of the 1916 film survives in the archives of George Eastman House.[3]
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | |
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Directed by | Cecil B. DeMille |
Story by | Cecil B. DeMille |
Based on | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (novel) by
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Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky |
Starring | Charlotte Walker |
Cinematography | Alvin Wyckoff |
Edited by | Cecil B. DeMille |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The novel was first adapted for the screen in 1914, and starred Dixie Compton. Another version released in 1923 starred Mary Miles Minter and is now considered a lost film. The novel was adapted for the fourth time in 1936, an early Technicolor version starring Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sidney, and Henry Fonda.