The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1916 film)

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Thomas Meighan and Charlotte Walker
Directed by	Cecil B. DeMille
Story by	Cecil B. DeMille
Based on	The Trial of Lonesome Pine (novel) by John Fox, Jr. and the 1912 play by Eugene Walter
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky
Starring	Charlotte Walker
Cinematography	Alvin Wyckoff
Edited by	Cecil B. DeMille
Release date	February 13, 1916 (1916-02-13)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.^[1][2] It is based on the 1908 novel and the 1912 play of the same name by Eugene Walter. Charlotte Walker reprised her role from the Broadway production. A copy of the 1916 film survives in the archives of George Eastman House.^[3]

Cast[]

• Charlotte Walker as June Tolliver
• Thomas Meighan as Jack Hale
• Earle Foxe as Dave Tolliver
• Theodore Roberts as Judd Tolliver

Other adaptions[]

Ad in The Sunday Oregonian of February 20, 1916

The novel was first adapted for the screen in 1914, and starred Dixie Compton. Another version released in 1923 starred Mary Miles Minter and is now considered a lost film. The novel was adapted for the fourth time in 1936, an early Technicolor version starring Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sidney, and Henry Fonda.

References[]

External links[]

• The Trail of the Lonesome Pine at IMDb
• The Trail of the Lonesome Pine at AllMovie

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