Moonshine Valley

Moonshine Valley
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Directed by	Herbert Brenon
Produced by	William Fox
Written by	Lenora Asereth (story); Mary Murillo (story & screenplay); Herbert Brenon (scenario/screenplay)
Starring	William Farnum; Sadie Mullen; Holmes Herbert; Anne Shirley; Jean Bronte
Cinematography	Tom Malloy
Production; company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	August 27, 1922
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Moonshine Valley is a 1922 black-and-white silent American Western film. The working title of the film was The Miracle Child: He Giveth and Taketh.[1][2] It is not known whether the film currently survives,[1] and may be a lost film.

Plot

The plot centers around a man named Ned Connors who begins to drink heavily because his wife has left him for the local doctor. The man discovers a lost child and takes her in. The child soon becomes ill and the doctor is called for. Upon arriving, the doctor recognizes the girl as his own. When the doctor tries to take the girl away, Ned murders him. The film concludes with Ned and his wife reuniting in order to take care of the now orphaned child.[3]

Cast

William Farnum as Ned Connors
Sadie Mullen as Mrs. Connors
Holmes Herbert as Dr. Martin
Anne Shirley as Nancy (credited as Dawn O'Day)
Jean Bronte as Jean the Dog

Reception

One film exhibitor called it the "poorest excuse for a picture [he] ever saw."[4]

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References

Progressive Silent Film List: Moonshine Valley at silentera.com
James Robert Parish (1974). The RKO Gals. Arlington House. p. 341. ISBN 0-87000-246-5.
Larry Langman (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 294. ISBN 0-313-27858-X.
Jerry Wayne Williamson (1994). Southern Mountaineers in Silent Films: Plot Synopses of Movies about Moonshining, Feuding, and Other Mountain Topics, 1904-1929. McFarland & Company. p. 11. ISBN 0-89950-809-X.

External links

Moonshine Valley on IMDb
synopsis at AllMovie

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[SilentEra-1] Progressive Silent Film List: Moonshine Valley at silentera.com

[2] James Robert Parish (1974). The RKO Gals. Arlington House. p. 341. ISBN 0-87000-246-5.

[3] Larry Langman (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 294. ISBN 0-313-27858-X.

[4] Jerry Wayne Williamson (1994). Southern Mountaineers in Silent Films: Plot Synopses of Movies about Moonshining, Feuding, and Other Mountain Topics, 1904-1929. McFarland & Company. p. 11. ISBN 0-89950-809-X.