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The Valley of the Moon is a 1914 silent film directed by Hobart Bosworth and starring Jack Conway and Myrtle Stedman. Produced by Bosworth/London,[2] it was an adaptation of the 1913 novel The Valley of the Moon by Jack London[3] and based upon a scenario by Hettie Gray Baker.[4]

Location shooting for the film took place on Catalina Island, Glen Ellen, Carmel, and San Francisco, California.[5]

Plot

When boxer Billy Roberts (Conway) marries laundress Saxon (Stedman),[1] he tries to please his spouse by leaving his former profession behind and becoming a teamster driving trucks. However, when their wages are cut, the union calls for a strike.[3] The film is sympathetic toward the strikers, with scenes showing police attacking the teamsters with clubs and patrol wagons being driven over fallen men.[2] The former boxer is attacked and beaten by company scabs, lands in jail following a brawl, and starts drinking. The desperate couple decide to move to the country and start a new life on a farm. With money being tight, he enters a fight for a $300 prize. In the end he wins, and the couple depart to live at their "Valley of the Moon".[3]

Preservation

With no prints of The Valley of the Moon located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Erickson, Hal (2010), "Valley of the Moon (1914)", Movies & TV Dept., The New York Times, archived from the original on 2013-06-30.
  2. ^ a b Merritt, Greg (2000), Celluloid Mavericks: The History of American Independent Film, Basic Books, p. 11, ISBN 1560252324.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b c Langman, Larry (1998), American Film Cycles: the Silent Era, Bibliographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts, vol. 22, Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 103, ISBN 0313306575.
  4. ^ Bennett, Carl (2010), "The Valley of the Moon", The Progressive Silent Film List, Silent Era Company, retrieved 2014-04-05.
  5. ^ "The Valley of the Moon". afi.com. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  6. ^ "American Silent Feature Film Database: The Valley of the Moon". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

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