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The Blackened Hills
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Allan Dwan
Cast: J. Warren Kerrigan [Jack Upham], Jessalyn Van Trump [Martha Vail], Jack Richardson [Joe Canfield], Louise Lester [the witch], Charlotte Burton [Jenny Hart]
American Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Film Supply Company of America. / Released 26 December 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? This allegorical picture gets up quite a strong interest as it proceeds. It contains a witch-like creature hobbling long with a crutch, an evil-hearted woman, a perfectly good hero, and a perfectly bad villain. Besides these there is a good little girl around whom most of the interest centers. The witch repays the kindness shown her by the hero and the good little girl, by saving their lives. She also sets fire to the evil woman’s beautiful hillsides as just vengeance for her selfishness. The California setting helps along the fairy story type of film, which has by no means been exhausted.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm nitrate positive, 35mm acetate duplicate negative].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 November 2022.
References: Website-IMDb.
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