The Shepherd of the Hills (1919 film)

The Shepherd of the Hills
	Contemporary newspaper advertisement
Directed by	Louis F. Gottschalk; Harold Bell Wright
Written by	Harold Bell Wright
Based on	The Shepherd of the Hills; 1907 novel; by Harold Bell Wright
Starring	Harry Lonsdale; Cathrine Curtis; George A. McDaniel
Cinematography	Homer Scott
Distributed by	W.T. Gaskell
Release date	May 1919 (USA);
Running time	10 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Shepherd of the Hills is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Louis F. Gottschalk and Harold Bell Wright, and based on Bell Wright's 1909 novel of the same name. It was remade in 1941 by director Henry Hathaway.

Plot

A world-weary man arrives in a small Ozark town to atone for the wrongdoing of his son, who had a child with one of the town's residents and split town years earlier.[1][2]

Cast

Harry Lonsdale as the Shepherd
Cathrine Curtis as Sammy Lane
George A. McDaniel as Young Matt
Don Bailey as Old Matt
Elizabeth Rhodes as Aunt Molly
Lon Poff as Jim Lane
C. Edward Raynor as Little Pete
Bert Sprotte as Wash Gibbs
George Hackathorne as Ollie Stuart
Louis Darclay as The Artist
E.K. Kendall as Postmaster
Ardita Mellinina as The Girl at the Spring (credited as Ardita Mellonino)
William De Vaull as Doctor (credited as William P. Du Vaull)
J. Edwin Brown as Uncle Ike

Production

Wright was heavily involved in the production of the film; he preferred to shoot the film as more of a traditional play rather than cutting in and using close-ups of the actors.[3] He even cast a neighbor, Phoenix resident Cathrine Curtis, as his leading lady. The film was produced by the Clune Film Company over the course of several months spanning from 1917 to 1918, and was shot in California and the Ozark Mountains of Missouri.[4][5]

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References

"Shepherd of the Hills at Empire". The Buffalo Times. April 20, 1920. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
"What the Davenport Theaters Will Offer Next Week". The Daily Times. March 1, 1919. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
"The Author Does It All". The Wilmington Morning Star. December 21, 1919. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
""The Eyes of the World"". The Daily Ardmoreite. June 22, 1918. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
"Coming to the Grand". The Topeka Daily Capital. March 15, 1919. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

External links

The Shepherd of the Hills on IMDb
The Shepherd of the Hills at AllMovie
The Shepherd of the Hills at the TCM Movie Database
The Shepherd of the Hills at the American Film Institute Catalog

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[1] "Shepherd of the Hills at Empire". The Buffalo Times. April 20, 1920. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

[2] "What the Davenport Theaters Will Offer Next Week". The Daily Times. March 1, 1919. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

[3] "The Author Does It All". The Wilmington Morning Star. December 21, 1919. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

[4] ""The Eyes of the World"". The Daily Ardmoreite. June 22, 1918. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

[5] "Coming to the Grand". The Topeka Daily Capital. March 15, 1919. Retrieved January 14, 2019.