The Enchanted Forest (film)

The Enchanted Forest
The Enchanted Forest
Directed by	Lew Landers
Written by	John Lebar (story and screenplay); Lou Brock; Robert Lee Johnson; Sam Neuman (adaptation)
Produced by	Jack Schwarz
Starring	Edmund Lowe; Brenda Joyce; William Severn; Harry Davenport
Cinematography	Marcel Le Picard
Edited by	Roy V. Livingston
Music by	Albert Hay Malotte
Production; company	Producers Releasing Corporation
Distributed by	Producers Releasing Corporation
Release date	December 8, 1945;
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Enchanted Forest is a 1945 family film starring Edmund Lowe and Brenda Joyce, also featuring Harry Davenport as a hermit who finds and raises a young boy in a forest. The film and story served as the inspiration for a 1998 music composition/recording, "Enchanted Forest" by Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille. It was filmed in Cinecolor and released by Producers Releasing Corporation.

Plot[]

A hermit, Uncle John, communicates with animals and cares for the forest. He is at odds with a forester who wants to cut down all the trees, and wants any impediments (like Uncle John and the boy) removed.

The child, Jackie, had been washed downstream after a trainwreck in a storm. The mother, Anne, whose father owns the land, is told that the child must be dead, but she cannot quite believe it. When she visits her father, and walks in to the forest, the boy catches sight of her, and she catches a glimpse of him as well. Through a series of interactions, the mother and child are reunited, the forest is saved, and Uncle John is able to stay.

Cast[]

Edmund Lowe as Steven Blaine
Brenda Joyce as Anne
William Severn as Jackie (Billy Severn)
Harry Davenport as Old John
John Litel as Ed Henderson
Clancy Cooper as Gilson
Jimmy the Crow as Blackie
Al Ferguson as Truck Driver (uncredited)

Color[]

The film was photographed in Cinecolor. The incredible unsuspected success of the film led to several major studios filming their own movies in the process.^[1]

Location[]

The film was shot on locations in Humboldt County, California.^[2]

References[]

^ p.114 Fernett, Gene Hollywood's Poverty Row 1930-1950 Coral Reef Publications 1973
^ Hesseltine, Cassandra. "Complete Filmography of Humboldt County". Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission. Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

External links[]

The Enchanted Forest at IMDb
The Enchanted Forest at the TCM Movie Database
The Enchanted Forest at AllMovie

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[1] .114 Fernett, Gene Hollywood's Poverty Row 1930-1950 Coral Reef Publications 1973

[2] Hesseltine, Cassandra. "Complete Filmography of Humboldt County". Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission. Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

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