False Evidence (1919 film)

False Evidence, originally

• Viola Dana as Madelon MacTavish
• Wheeler Oakman as Burr Gordon
• Joseph King as Lot Gordon
• Edward J. Connelly as Sandy MacTavish
• J. Patrick O'Malley as Richard MacTavish
• Peggy Pearce as Dorothy Fair
• Virginia Ross as Samanthy Brown

Production

The movie was originally titled Madelon of the Redwoods, but was renamed False Evidence in April 1919.^[2] The film was the first adaptation of any sort of one of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman novels.^[3] On March 17, 1919, the Santa Cruz Evening News reported that Viola Dana and Wheeler Oakman, for Metro Pictures, had finished filming on location at Hopkins' Big Trees in Felton and were headed south to film the interior segments of Madelon of the Redwoods.^[4] According to Derek Whaley, Metro repurposed defunct buildings in a part of the park called Welch Grove to serve as a "pioneer town" for the film.^[5]

Reception

A complete print of False Evidence is held by the Cinematheque Royale de Belgique.^[10]

References

External links

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• False Evidence at the TCM Movie Database
• False Evidence at the American Film Institute Catalog
• lobby poster