The Valley of the Giants

The Valley of the Giants is a 1927 silent film adventure directed by Charles Brabin and starring Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon who were real-life man and wife. It was based on a novel by Peter B. Kyne. First National produced and distributed the film having gained the screen rights to the story from Famous Players–Lasky and Paramount. Paramount had made a version of the novel in 1919 with Wallace Reid, and it would again be filmed in 1938. A copy of this film survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. It is also listed as existing in an incomplete print at the Library of Congress. A 16mm copy is housed at the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research. Cast Milton Sills as Bryce Cardigan Doris Kenyon as Shirley Pennington Arthur Stone as Buck Ogilvy George Fawcett as John Cardigan Paul Hurst as Randeau Charles Sellon as Pennington Yola d'Avril as Felice Phil Brady as Big Boy James A. Marcus as Mayor Erville Alderson as Councilman Dan Crimmins as Councilman Otto Hoffman as Councilman Lucien Littlefield as Councilman Dan Mason as Councilman Production The film was shot on location in Humboldt County, California. References