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Jack Holt (right).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Avalanche
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 6099 feet
Directed by Otto Brower
Cast: Jack Holt [Jack Dunton], Doris Hill [Kitty Mains], Baclanova (Olga Baclanova) [Grace Stillwell], John Darrow [Verde], Guy Oliver [Mr. Mains], Dick Winslow [Jack Dunton, age 12]
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by [?] Paramount Pictures Corporation or Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation? [A Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by Sam Mintz, Herman Mankiewicz and J. Walter Ruben, from the adaptation by J. Walter Ruben and Sam Mintz of the short story “Avalanche” by Zane Grey. Cinematography by Roy Clark. Film editor, Jane Loring. Intertitles written by Herman Mankiewicz. / © 9 November 1928 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [LP25814]. Released 10 November 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.
Drama: Western.
Reviews: [Photoplay, April 1929, page 8] High-class Western with Jack Holt and Baclanova — the picture thief!
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 2 July 2012.
References: Lahue-Gentlemen p. 131; MoPicAlmanac-1929 p. 11 : Photoplay-192904 p. 8 : Website-AFI.
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