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Heart of the Wilds
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Wikipedia article
'Heart of the Wilds' is a lost[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5965/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Heart of the Wilds'] 1918 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Elsie Ferguson. The story is from "Pierre and His People", by Gilbert Parker, which Edgar Selwyn also based his play 'Pierre of the Plains' on. Ferguson had become a star in 1908 in Selwyn's Broadway play.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160124193305/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/Detailview.aspx?s=&Movie=18116 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'Heart of the Wilds'](Wayback)[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=6598 'Pierre of the Plains' as produced on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre, October 12 1908 to November 1908; IBDb.com]
Cast
*Elsie Ferguson as Jen Galbraith
*Thomas Meighan as Sergeant Tom Gellatly
*Joseph W. Smiley as Peter Galbraith (credited as Joseph Smiley)
*Matt Moore as Val Galbraith
*E. L. Fernandez as Pierre (billed Escamillo Fernandez)
*Sidney D'Albrook as Grey Cloud
Reception
Like many American films of the time, 'Heart of the Wilds' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors modified the plot of this film by requiring cuts in Reel 2 of Val drawing a gun from case, shooting Grey Cloud, and putting the gun away after the shooting, the cuts intending to eliminate the entire idea that the Indian was shot by Val. The board also cut, in Reel 4, Jen shooting Sergeant Tom Gellatly of the mounted police.
See also
*'Over the Border' (1922)
References
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