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The Phantom of the Forest (1926)

The Phantom of the Forest poster
Directed by
Henry McCarty
Genre
Western film, silent film, adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent Western set in a redwood forest. A heroic Alsatian dog gets involved in an adventure with people in the woods.

old-fashionedrusticoutdoorsyquietnostalgicslowanimal-centeredsimple

What happens

The Phantom of the Forest is a 1926 American silent Western film, also classified as a Northern. It is directed by Henry McCarty and stars Thunder the Dog, Betty Francisco and Eddie Phillips. Produced by the independent Gotham Pictures, location shooting took place around the Redwood Forest in Santa Cruz County, California. The film was designed as a vehicle for Thunder, an Alsatian who was featured in several films during the 1920s. It was released in Great Britain the same year by Stoll Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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