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Man of the Forest (1926)

Man of the Forest poster
Directed by
John Waters
Genre
Western film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to protect a woman from a villain in the wilderness. It is a silent western from the 1920s based on a Zane Grey story.

silent-eraoutdoorsystagedstraightforwarddatedsimple

What happens

Man of the Forest is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by John Waters and written by Zane Grey, Max Marcin and Fred Myton. The film stars Jack Holt, Georgia Hale, El Brendel, Warner Oland, Tom Kennedy, George Fawcett and Ivan Christy. The film was released on December 27, 1926, by Paramount Pictures. Henry Hathaway directed a remake in 1933 starring Randolph Scott, with Scott darkening his hair and wearing a moustache to match stock footage of Holt playing the part. Noah Beery Sr. portrayed Warner Oland's part as Clint Beasley in the remake while Tom Kennedy reprised his role as the Sheriff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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