''The Call of the Cumberlands'' is a 1916 American silent

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directed by

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and written by

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based upon the novel of the same name by Charles Neville Buck. The film stars

Dustin Farnum Dustin Lancy Farnum (May 27, 1874 – July 3, 1929) was an American singer, dancer, and actor on the stage and in silent films. Although he played a wide variety of roles, he tended toward westerns and became one of the biggest stars of the genr ...

Winifred Kingston Winifred Kingston (11 November 1894 – 3 February 1967) was a British-born American silent film actress. Kingston was educated in Scotland and Belgium. She acted on stage in England before she began acting in the United States. On Broadway, K ...

, Herbert Standing, Page Peters, Howard Davies, and Richard L'Estrange. The film was released on January 23, 1916, by

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Plot

The story is about a family

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in the mountains of Kentucky.

Cast

as Samson South *

as Sally Spicer * Herbert Standing as Spicer South *Page Peters as Wilfred Horton *Howard Davies as James Farbish *Richard L'Estrange as Tamarack Spicer *Joe Ray as Aaron Hollis * Myrtle Stedman as Adrienne Lescott *Virginia Foltz as Mrs. Lescott *Michael Hallvard as George Lescott

Preservation status

A print is preserved in the

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collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p.25 c.1978 by the American Film Institute

References

External links

*
Text of the novel

Digital versions of the first edition from archive.org with signed dedication by Dustin Farnum
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