Told in the Hills

Told in the Hills is a 1919 American silent Western film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Artcraft. George Melford directed the film and Robert Warwick stars.^[1]

Told in the Hills
Film poster
Directed by	George Melford
Written by	Will M. Ritchey
Based on	Told in the Hills by Marah Ellis Ryan
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Robert Warwick
Cinematography	Henry Kotani Paul P. Perry James Wong Howe (assistant camera)
Distributed by	Paramount / Artcraft
Release date	September 21, 1919 (1919-09-21)
Running time	6 reels; 1,800 meters
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Cast

Film still

• Robert Warwick as Jack Stuart
• Ann Little as Rachel Hardy
• Tom Forman as Charles Stuart
• Wanda Hawley as Ann Belleau
• Charles Ogle as Davy MacDougall
• Monte Blue as Kalitan
• Margaret Loomis as Talapa
• Eileen Percy as Tillie Hardy
• Jack Hoxie as Henry Hardy (credited as Hart Hoxie)
• Jack Herbert as Skulking Brave
• Guy Oliver as Captain Hold

Production

Told in the Hills was filmed on location in Lewiston and Lapwai, Idaho, and employed hundreds from the Nez Perce tribe.^[2] It was claimed that during the production of the film was the first time so many men of the Nez Perce had been allowed to gather since the Nez Perce War of 1877.^[2]

Preservation

A copy of Told in the Hills survives at the Russian film archive, Gosfilmofond.^[3]