Valley of the Giants (film)
Valley of the Giants | |
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Cinematography | Sol Polito |
Edited by | Jack Killifer |
Music by | Adolph Deutsch |
Production company | Warner Bros. |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Valley of the Giants is a 1938 American
Plot
Bill Cardigan owns a large portion of the
Cast
- Wayne Morrisas Bill Cardigan
- Claire Trevor as Lee Roberts
- Frank McHugh as 'Fingers' McCarthy
- Alan Hale Sr. as 'Ox' Smith
- Donald Crisp as Andy Stone
- Charles Bickford as Howard Fallon
- Jack La Rue as Ed Morrell
- John Litel as Hendricks
- Dick Purcell as Creel
- El Brendel as 'Fats'
- Russel Simpson as McKenzie
- Cy Kendall as Sheriff Grabber
- Harry Cording as Greer
- Wade Boteler as Joe Lorimer
- Helen MacKellar as Mrs. Lorimer
- Addison Richards as Hewitt
- Jerry Colonna as Saloon Singer
- Stanley Blystone as Bartender (uncredited)
Location
The film was shot on locations in Humboldt County, California.[4]
Production
This is the third film version of the 1919 novel with a 1919 film directed by James Cruze and a 1927 remake directed by Charles Brabin. The original film was lost up until 2010 when the film was presented to the Library of Congress by the Russian film archive Gosfilmofond.[5]
Footage from the film was used throughout Warner Brothers' 1952 picture The Big Trees, also in Technicolor. The later film is not a precise remake, but shares useful plot points. The climactic explosion of a logjam makes use of the destruction of the bridge in Valley of the Giants. Costumes were designed to match the images in several scenes, notably when the red-shirted hero in each picture works his way along a train carrying huge cut trees in order to stop the caboose carrying his love interest from plunging into a gorge. The white shirted villain survived his battle with the hero in this picture. Alan Hale Jr. plays a lumberjack in the later film, wearing a very distinctive outfit—including a hat—like the one his father wears in this picture. The Big Trees uses the long shot from Valley of the Giants of Ox (Alan Hale Sr.) sliding down a cable to have the character played by his son accomplish the same feat.[6]
References
- ^ Keighley, William (1938). The Valley of the Giants. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc .New York Film.
- ^ "Valley of the Giants". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ Hal Erickson. "Valley of the Giants (1938) - William Keighley | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
- ^ Hesseltine, Cassandra. "Complete Filmography of Humboldt County". Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ Gladysz, Thomas (October 26, 2010). "Once lost Northern California film now found". AXS Entertainment.
- ^ "The Big Trees". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2022-08-03.